E961

Neotame

E Number E961
Name Neotame
Class Sweeteners
Groups
Additional details Sweetener, flavor enhancer
Origin Synthetic
Common applications Chewing gums, soft drinks, refreshments, bakery, pastry, candies, dairy products, fruit juices, dietetic products labelled as “sugar free”, “0% sugar”, “light”, “zero”
Observations At middle-long term may be carcinogenic
Evaluation To avoid

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Conditions of use in food categories

Category Number Category Name Maximum Level (mg/l or mg/kg as appropriate) Details Restrictions/exceptions
01.4 Flavoured fermented milk products including heat-treated products32only energy-reduced products or with no added sugar
03 Edible ices26only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.2 Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine10only sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables
04.2.3 Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables32only fruit energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.4.1 Fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote32only energy-reduced
04.2.5.1 Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC32only energy-reduced jams jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.1 Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC2only energy-reduced jams jellies and marmalades, as flavour enhancer
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC32only energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC2only energy-reduced jams jellies and marmalades, as flavour enhancer
04.2.5.3 Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads32only dried-fruit-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.1 Cocoa and chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC65only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets65only cocoa or dried fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets15only energy-reduced tablet form confectionery
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets32only cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets65only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets2only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar, as flavour enhancer
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets32only confectionery with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets200only breath-freshening micro-sweets, with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets3only breath-freshening micro-sweets and strongly flavoured throat pastilles with no added sugar, as flavour enhancer
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets65only strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles with no added sugar
05.3 Chewing gum3If E 950, E 951, E 957, E 959 and E 961 are used in combination in chewing gum, the maximum level for each is reduced proportionallyonly with added sugar or polyols, as flavour enhancer
05.3 Chewing gum250only with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.465only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.42only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar, as flavour enhancer
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.432only confectionery with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.465only cocoa or dried fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.412only sauces
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.42only sauces as flavour enhancer
06.3 Breakfast cereals32only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
07.2 Fine bakery wares60only cornets and wafers, for ice-cream, with no added sugar
07.2 Fine bakery wares60only essoblaten — wafer paper
07.2 Fine bakery wares55only fine bakery products for special nutritional uses
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans10only sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
11.4.1 Table-top sweeteners in liquid formquantum satis 
11.4.2 Table-top sweeteners in powder formquantum satis 
11.4.3 Table-top sweeteners in tabletsquantum satis 
12.4 Mustard12 
12.5 Soups and broths5only energy-reduced soups
12.6 Sauces12 
12.6 Sauces2only as flavour enhancer
12.7 Salads and savoury based sandwich spreads12only Feinkostsalat
13.2 Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)32 
13.3 Dietary foods for weight control diets intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal (the whole or part of the total daily diet)26 
14.1.3 Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products20only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks20only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks2only energy-reduced or with no added sugar, as flavour enhancer
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages20only alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1,2 % vol; “Bière de table/Tafelbier/Table beer” (original wort content less than 6 %) except for “Obergäriges Einfachbier”; Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli-equivalents expressed as NaOH; Brown beers of the “oud bruin” type
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages1only energy-reduced beer
14.2.3 Cider and perry20 
14.2.8 Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of alcohol20 
15.1 Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks18 
15.1 Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks2as flavour enhancer only
15.2 Processed nuts18 
15.2 Processed nuts2as flavour enhancer only
16 Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 432only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form including capsules and tablets and similar forms, excluding chewable forms60 
17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form including capsules and tablets and similar forms, excluding chewable forms2only as flavour enhancer
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form20 
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form2only as flavour enhancer
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form185 
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form2only food supplements based on vitamin and/or mineral elements, as flavour enhancer