ANNEX I

In the category ‘technological additives’, the following functional groups are included: preservatives: substances or, when applicable, micro-organisms which protect feed against deterioration caused by micro-organisms or their metabolites; antioxidants: substances prolonging the storage life of feedingstuffs and feed materials by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation; emulsifiers: substances that make it possible to form or maintain a homogeneous mixture of two or more immiscible phases in feedingstuffs; stabilisers: substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of feedingstuffs; thickeners: substances which increase the viscosity of feedingstuffs; gelling agents: substances which give a feedingstuff texture through the formation of a gel; binders: substances which increase the tendency of particles of feedingstuffs to adhere; substances for control of radionucleide contamination: substances that suppress absorption of radionucleides or promote their excretion; anticaking agents: substances that reduce the tendency of individual particles of a feedingstuff to adhere; acidity regulators: substances which adjust the pH of feedingstuffs; silage additives: substances, including enzymes or micro-organisms, intended to be incorporated into feed to improve the production of silage; denaturants: substances which, when used for the manufacture of processed feedingstuffs, allow the identification of the origin of specific food or feed materials. In the category ‘sensory additives’, the following functional groups are included: colourants: substances that add or restore colour in feedingstuffs; substances which, when fed to animals, add colours to food of animal origin; substances which favourably affect the colour of ornamental fish or birds; flavouring compounds: substances the inclusion of which in feedingstuffs increases feed smell or palatability. In the category ‘nutritional additives’, the following functional groups are included: vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect; compounds of trace elements; amino acids, their salts and analogues; urea and its derivatives. In the category ‘zootechnical additives’, the following functional groups are included: digestibility enhancers: substances which, when fed to animals, increase the digestibility of the diet, through action on target feed materials; gut flora stabilisers: micro-organisms or other chemically defined substances, which, when fed to animals, have a positive effect on the gut flora; substances which favourably affect the environment; other zootechnical additives.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.