ARTICLE 6

1 . INGREDIENTS SHALL BE LISTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE AND THE ANNEXES . 2 . INGREDIENTS NEED NOT BE LISTED IN THE CASE OF : ( A ) - FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES , INCLUDING POTATOES , WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PEELED , CUT OR SIMILARLY TREATED , ( C ) PRODUCTS CONSISTING OF A SINGLE INGREDIENT . 3 . IN THE CASE OF BEVERAGES CONTAINING MORE THAN 1,2 % BY VOLUME OF ALCOHOL , THE COUNCIL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL , BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE , DETERMINE THE RULES FOR LABELLING INGREDIENTS AND , POSSIBLY , INDICATING THE ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH . 4 . ( A ) " INGREDIENT " SHALL MEAN ANY SUBSTANCE , INCLUDING ADDITIVES , USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF A FOODSTUFF AND STILL PRESENT IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT , EVEN IF IN ALTERED FORM . ( B ) WHERE AN INGREDIENT OF THE FOODSTUFF IS ITSELF THE PRODUCT OF SEVERAL INGREDIENTS , THE LATTER SHALL BE REGARDED AS INGREDIENTS OF THE FOODSTUFF IN QUESTION . ( C ) THE FOLLOWING SHALL NOT BE REGARDED AS INGREDIENTS : ( I ) THE CONSTITUENTS OF AN INGREDIENT WHICH HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SEPARATED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND LATER REINTRODUCED BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF THEIR ORIGINAL PROPORTIONS ; ( II ) - ADDITIVES : 5 . ( A ) THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS SHALL INCLUDE ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF THE FOODSTUFF , IN DESCENDING ORDER OF WEIGHT , AS RECORDED AT THE TIME OF THEIR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE FOODSTUFF . IT SHALL APPEAR PRECEDED BY A SUITABLE HEADING WHICH INCLUDES THE WORD " INGREDIENTS " . HOWEVER : HOWEVER : THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 16 SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUCH NATIONAL PROVISIONS . 7 . IN THE CASE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 4 ( B ) , A COMPOUND INGREDIENT MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS , UNDER ITS OWN DESIGNATION IN SO FAR AS THIS IS LAID DOWN BY LAW OR ESTABLISHED BY CUSTOM , IN TERMS OF ITS OVERALL WEIGHT , PROVIDED THAT IT IS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A LIST OF ITS INGREDIENTS . SUCH A LIST , HOWEVER , SHALL NOT BE COMPULSORY : ( A ) WHERE THE WATER IS USED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS SOLELY FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF AN INGREDIENT USED IN CONCENTRATED OR DEHYDRATED FORM ; ( B ) IN THE CASE OF A LIQUID MEDIUM WHICH IS NOT NORMALLY CONSUMED . CARBONATED WATER , THE DESCRIPTION OF WHICH INDICATES THAT IT HAS BEEN CARBONATED , FERMENTATION VINEGARS DERIVED EXCLUSIVELY FROM A SINGLE BASIC PRODUCT , PROVIDED THAT NO OTHER INGREDIENT HAS BEEN ADDED ; ( B ) - CHEESE , BUTTER , FERMENTED MILK AND CREAM , PROVIDED THAT NO INGREDIENT HAS BEEN ADDED OTHER THAN LACTIC PRODUCTS , ENZYMES AND MICRO-ORGANISM CULTURES ESSENTIAL TO MANUFACTURE , OR THE SALT NEEDED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE OTHER THAN FRESH CHEESE AND PROCESSED CHEESE ; WHOSE PRESENCE IN A GIVEN FOODSTUFF IS SOLELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CONTAINED IN ONE OR MORE INGREDIENTS OF THAT FOODSTUFF , PROVIDED THAT THEY SERVE NO TECHNOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT , WHICH ARE USED AS PROCESSING AIDS ; SUBSTANCES USED IN THE QUANTITIES STRICTLY NECESSARY AS SOLVENTS OR MEDIA FOR ADDITIVES OR FLAVOURING . ( D ) IN CERTAIN CASES DECISIONS MAY BE TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 17 AS TO WHETHER THE CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN ( C ) ( II ) ARE SATISFIED . ADDED WATER AND VOLATILE PRODUCTS SHALL BE LISTED IN ORDER OF THEIR WEIGHT IN THE FINISHED PRODUCT ; THE AMOUNT OF WATER ADDED AS AN INGREDIENT IN A FOODSTUFF SHALL BE CALCULATED BY DEDUCTING FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS USED . THIS AMOUNT NEED NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IF IT DOES NOT EXCEED 5 % BY WEIGHT OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT ; INGREDIENTS USED IN CONCENTRATED OR DEHYDRATED FORM AND RECONSTITUTED AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE MAY BE LISTED IN ORDER OF WEIGHT AS RECORDED BEFORE THEIR CONCENTRATION OR DEHYDRATION ; IN THE CASE OF CONCENTRATED OR DEHYDRATED FOODS WHICH ARE INTENDED TO BE RECONSITUTED BY THE ADDITION OF WATER , THE INGREDIENTS MAY BE LISTED IN ORDER OF PROPORTION IN THE RECONSTITUTED PRODUCT PROVIDED THAT THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPRESSION SUCH AS " INGREDIENTS OF THE RECONSTITUTED PRODUCT " , OR " INGREDIENTS OF THE READY-TO-USE PRODUCT " ; IN THE CASE OF MIXTURES OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES WHERE NO PARTICULAR FRUIT OR VEGETABLE SIGNIFICANTLY PREDOMINATES IN PROPORTION BY WEIGHT , THOSE INGREDIENTS MAY BE LISTED IN ANOTHER ORDER PROVIDED THAT THAT LIST OF INGREDIENTS IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPRESSION SUCH AS " IN VARIABLE PROPORTION " ; IN THE CASE OF MIXTURES OF SPICES OR HERBS , WHERE NONE SIGNIFICANTLY PREDOMINATES IN PROPORTION BY WEIGHT , THOSE INGREDIENTS MAY BE LISTED IN ANOTHER ORDER PROVIDED THAT THAT LIST OF INGREDIENTS IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPRESSION SUCH AS " IN VARIABLE PROPORTION " ; ( B ) INGREDIENTS SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THEIR SPECIFIC NAME , WHERE APPLICABLE , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 5 . INGREDIENTS WHICH BELONG TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED IN ANNEX I AND ARE CONSTITUENTS OF ANOTHER FOODSTUFF NEED ONLY BE DESIGNATED BY THE NAME OF THAT CATEGORY ; INGREDIENTS BELONGING TO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES LISTED IN ANNEX II MUST BE DESIGNATED BY THE NAME OF THAT CATEGORY , FOLLOWED BY THEIR SPECIFIC NAME OR EEC NUMBER ; IF AN INGREDIENT BELONGS TO MORE THAN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES , THE CATEGORY APPROPRIATE TO THE PRINCIPAL FUNCTION IN THE CASE OF THE FOODSTUFF IN QUESTION SHALL BE INDICATED ; AMENDMENTS TO THIS ANNEX BASED ON ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 17 ; FLAVOURING MATTER SHALL BE DESCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE THERETO , UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS ; THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , WHERE THERE ARE NONE , THE NATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SPECIFIED FOODSTUFFS , MANY ALSO PROVIDE FOR CATEGORIES ADDITIONAL TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN ANNEX I . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 22 , MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OF ANY MEASURE TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS INDENT . 6 . COMMUNITY PROVISIONS OR , WHERE THERE ARE NONE , NATIONAL PROVISIONS MAY LAY DOWN THAT THE NAME UNDER WHICH A SPECIFIC FOODSTUFF IS SOLD IS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY MENTION OF A PARTICULAR INGREDIENT OR INGREDIENTS . WHERE THE COMPOUND INGREDIENT CONSTITUTES LESS THAN 25 % OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT ; HOWEVER , THIS EXEMPTION SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF ADDITIVES , SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 4 ( C ) , WHERE THE COMPOUND INGREDIENT IS A FOODSTUFF FOR WHICH A LIST OF INGREDIENTS IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER COMMUNITY RULES . 8 . NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH 5 ( A ) , THE WATER CONTENT NEED NOT BE SPECIFIED :

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.