Corrective sugar
Corrective sugar is the addition of sugar in fruit juices to correct the sour taste that has not been permitted since the EU fruit juice directive was changed in 2012 with a transition period until April 28, 2015 .
The legal basis for the correction sugar was found in the German fruit juice and soft drinks regulation based on the basic version of the EU directive of 2001 and the corresponding implementation regulations of other member states. The correction sugar did not have to be declared, but products with correction sugar were not allowed to be classified as “without added sugar”. The addition of sugar in the form of corrective sugar could not exceed 15 grams of sugar per liter of fruit juice.
The correction sugar was to be differentiated from the sugar to achieve a sweet taste . Such juice had to be labeled with "sugared" or "with added sugar", followed by the specification of the maximum amount of sugar added in grams per liter - the maximum permitted was 150 grams of sugar per liter of fruit juice.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DIRECTIVE 2012/12 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of April 19, 2012 amending Council Directive 2001/112 / EC on fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Art. 3 of Directive 2012/12 / EU
- ↑ Directive 2001/112 / EC (PDF) of the Council of December 20, 2001 on fruit juices and certain similar products for human consumption
- ↑ Text of the Fruit Juice and Soft Drinks Ordinance
- ↑ Sugar in the fruit juice? ( Memento from January 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )