Article 7

A food additive may be included in the Community list in Annex II for the functional class of sweetener only if, in addition to serving one or more of the purposes set out in Article 6(2), it serves one or more of the following purposes: replacing sugars for the production of energy-reduced food, non-cariogenic food or food with no added sugars; or replacing sugars where this permits an increase in the shelf-life of the food; or producing food intended for particular nutritional uses as defined in Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 89/398/EEC.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.