Annexes to COM(1995)722-2 - Sugars intended for human consumption - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(1995)722-2 - Sugars intended for human consumption. |
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| document | COM(1995)722 |
| date | December 20, 2001 |
A. PRODUCT NAMES AND DEFINITIONS
1. Semi-white sugar
Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the following characteristics:
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2. Sugar or white sugar
Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the following characteristics:
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3. Extra-white sugar
The product having the characteristics referred to in point 2(a), (b) and (c) and in respect of which the total number of points determined according to the provisions of Part B does not exceed eight, and not more than:
- four for the colour type,
- six for the ash content,
- three for the colour in solution.
4. Sugar solution(1)
The aqueous solution of sucrose with the following characteristics:
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5. Invert sugar solution(2)
The aqueous solution of sucrose partially inverted by hydrolysis, in which the proportion of invert sugar does not predominate, with the following characteristics:
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6. Invert sugar syrup(3)
The aqueous solution, which has possibly been crystallised, of sucrose that has been partly inverted via hydrolysis, in which the invert sugar content (fructose/dextrose quotient 1,0 ± 0,1), must exceed 50 % by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in point 5(a) and (c).
7. Glucose syrup
The purified and concentrated aqueous solution of nutritive saccharides obtained from starch and/or inulin, with the following characteristics:
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8. Dried glucose syrup
Partially dried glucose syrup with at least 93 % by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in point 7(b) and (c).
9. Dextrose or dextrose monohydrate
Purified and crystallised D-glucose containing one molecule of water of crystallisation, with the following characteristics:
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10. Dextrose or dextrose anhydrous
Purified and crystallised D-glucose not containing water of crystallisation, with at least 98 % by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in point 9(a) and (c).
11. Fructose
Purified crystallised D-fructose with the following characteristics:
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B. METHOD OF DETERMINING THE COLOUR TYPE, CONDUCTIVITY ASH CONTENT AND THE COLOUR IN SOLUTION OF SUGAR (WHITE) AND OF EXTRA-WHITE SUGAR DEFINED IN POINTS 2 AND 3 OF PART A
"Point" corresponds:
(a) in the case of the colour type, to 0,5 units, calculated by the method of the Brunswick Institute for Agricultural and Sugar Industry Technology, as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 2, of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69 of 1 July 1969 establishing methods for determining the quality of sugar bought in by intervention agencies(4);
(b) in the case of ash content, to 0,0018 % calculated by the method of the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (ICUMSA) as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 1, of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69;
(c) in the case of the colour in solution, to 7,5 units calculated by the ICUMSA method as set out in Chapter A, paragraph 3, of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1265/69.
(1) The description "white" is reserved for:
(a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B;
(b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which:
- the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1 %,
- the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B.
(2) The description "white" is reserved for:
(a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B;
(b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which:
- the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1 %,
- the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B.
(3) The description "white" is reserved for:
(a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B;
(b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which:
- the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1 %,
- the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B.
(4) OJ L 163, 1.7.1969, p. 1.