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AROMAS: Reg.CE 1334/08 ... some thoughts

Obiettivo del Reg: aumentare la sicurezza e  non indurre in errore il consumatore ...
La norma regolamenta, in modo un po’ più “rigido” il mondo degli aromas, particularly the distinction persists in:

• Natural Herbs (declared on the label "natural flavor")
• Herbs synthesis (declared on the label "Flavors") for this' past, no longer exist in the technical classification artificial (x es. ethyl vanillin) and naturalidentici (x es. vanillin), ... classification, the latter, which in any case, this classification did not reach the consumer, will also declared allergens and the TMC (insert).

in particular stands out in Regulation la novità sulle diciture degli aromi naturali, che saranno maggiormente dettagliate … alcuni esempi …
Sarà necesario scrivere in etichetta “ aroma naturale di limone con altri aromi naturali ” … se nell’aroma naturale utilizzato c’è meno del del 95% dell’aroma principale (limone), (...)

Va dichiarato “ aromi naturali ” solo e solamente quando i singoli ingredienti usati per la sostanza aromatica non provengono dalla “fonte” (frutto/prodotto) da cui prende il nome l’aroma. Per esempio some of the ingredients used in the production of the natural vanilla (the less expensive / valuable) individually do not know that vanilla comes from natural fermentation processes and only a small part of the vanilla beans ... in this case (it seems) to be written aromas Natural . Conversely, if the aromatic substance is produced mainly from ingredients of the fruit from which it takes its name (x es. lemon) I can not think only "natural flavors", but as seen above shall be shown ... natural lemon flavor with ...


To complicate matters, there are some (temporary) legal loopholes, because the EC regulation 1334/08 make any changes to Dir 2000/13 EC ... but can not change the rules by which that Directive has been transposed in the various member states (Legislative Decree 181/2003) ... so many questions remain .. also on the timing, when you read the rules, in theory enter into force on January 20 !
Among other things, these rules chosen by the legislator does not like any of the producers and there are still around (among experts) still many doubts as to interpretation unclear. ... We'll see what happens over the next few days.
(tb)