Article 6

In addition to the overall principles set out in Article 4, the production of processed organic food shall be based on the following specific principles: the production of organic food from organic agricultural ingredients, except where an ingredient is not available on the market in organic form; the restriction of the use of food additives, of non organic ingredients with mainly technological and sensory functions and of micronutrients and processing aids, so that they are used to a minimum extent and only in case of essential technological need or for particular nutritional purposes; the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading regarding the true nature of the product; the processing of food with care, preferably with the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.