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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 .

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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.