Carminic acid, Carmine — E 120
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E 120n° E
18conditions d’emploi
9règlements cités
Carminic acid, Carmine figure au registre additifs alimentaires de l’Union européenne, sous le numéro E 120, avec 18 conditions d’emploi par catégorie d’aliment.
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Ce que le registre en dit
| Note | Substance is included in Group III, see also authorisation for Group III |
|---|---|
| Type | substanceFAD |
| Numéro E | E 120 |
| Restriction type | FAD_RT_ML |
| Restriction value | 125 |
| Restriction unit | FAD_RU_MGK |
| Commentaire de restriction | only red marbled products |
| Restriction value | 200 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only preserves of red fruit |
| Food category restriction note number | 34 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or for the combination of E 120, E 122, E 129, E 131 and E 133 |
| Restriction value | 100 |
| Commentaire de restriction | except crème de pruneaux |
| Food category restriction note number | 31 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or in combination with E 120, E 142, E 160d and E 161b |
| Commentaire de restriction | only fruit flavoured breakfast cereals |
| Food category restriction note number | 53 |
| Note de restriction | E 120, E 162 and E 163 may be added individually or in combination |
| Commentaire de restriction | only red marbled cheese and red pesto cheese |
| Food category restriction note number | 83 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum limit for aluminium coming from aluminium lakes of E 120 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines 3,2 mg/kg. No other aluminium lakes may be used. For the purposes of Article 22(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 that limit shall apply from 1 February 2013 |
| Restriction unit | FAD_RU_MGL |
| Commentaire de restriction | only americano, bitter vino |
| Food category restriction note number | 26 |
| Note de restriction | In americano E 100, E 101, E 102, E 104, E 120, E 122, E 123, E 124 are authorised individually or in combination |
| Food category restriction note number | 27 |
| Note de restriction | In bitter vino E 100, E 101, E 102, E 104, E 110, E 120, E 122, E 123, E 124, E 129 are authorised individually or in combination |
| Food category restriction note number | 87 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum limit for aluminium coming from aluminium lakes of E 120 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines 1,5 mg/kg. No other aluminium lakes may be used. For the purposes of Article 22(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 that limit shall apply from 1 February 2013 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only bitter soda |
| Food category restriction note number | 28 |
| Note de restriction | In bitter soda E 100, E 101, E 102, E 104, E 110, E 120, E 122, E 123, E 124, E 129 are authorised individually or in combination |
| Commentaire de restriction | only breakfast sausages with a minimum cereal content of 6 %, burger meat with a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4 % mixed within the meat (in these products, the meat is minced in such a way so that the muscle and fat tissue are completely dispersed, so that fibre makes an emulsion with the fat, giving those products their typical appearance), merguez type products, salsicha fresca, mici, butifarra fresca, longaniza fresca, chorizo fresco, cevapcici and pljeskav |
| Food category restriction note number | 66 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum limit for aluminium coming from aluminium lakes of E 120 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines 1,5 mg/kg. No other aluminium lakes may be used. For the purposes of Article 22 (1) (g) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 that limit shall apply from 1 February 2013 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only flavoured processed cheese Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only flavoured processed cheese Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Food category restriction note number | 33 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or for the combination of E 100, E 102, E 120, E 122, E 160e and E 161b |
| Commentaire de restriction | Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only sausages, patés and terrines Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Restriction type | FAD_RT_QS |
| Commentaire de restriction | only edible external coating of pasturmas Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Food category restriction note number | 78 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum limit for aluminium coming from aluminium lakes of E 120 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines 10 mg/kg. No other aluminium lakes may be used. For the purposes of Article 22 (1) (g) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 that limit shall apply from 1 February 2013 |
| Commentaire de restriction | Only seaweed based fish roe analogues |
| Commentaire de restriction | Only preserves of red fruit |
| Commentaire de restriction | except chestnut puree |
| Commentaire de restriction | only fish paste and crustacean paste |
| Commentaire de restriction | only smoked fish |
| Restriction value | 250 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only precooked crustacean |
| Food category restriction note number | 35 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or for the combination of E 100, E 102, E 120, E 122, E 142, E 151, E 160e, E 161b |
| Food category restriction note number | 36 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or for the combination of E 100, 102, E 120, E 122, E 129, E 142, E 151, E 160e, E 161b |
| Food category restriction note number | 37 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum individually or for the combination of E 100, E 102, E 120, E 151, E 160e |
| Food category restriction note number | 85 |
| Note de restriction | Maximum limit for aluminium coming from aluminium lakes of E 120 cochineal, carminic acid, carmines 2 mg/kg only in fish paste. No other aluminium lakes may be used. For the purposes of Article 22(1)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 that limit shall apply from 1 February 2013 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only sausages Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only chorizo sausage/salchichon |
| Commentaire de restriction | only pasturmas Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only pasturmas Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only sausages Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Restriction value | 50 |
| Commentaire de restriction | only the following traditional salted pork offal and beef specialties: groin de porc à la créole, queue de porc à la créole, pied de porc à la créole and paleron de bœuf à la créole. These products are consumed after desalting and cooking. |
| Commentaire de restriction | except chestnut puree Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| Commentaire de restriction | except chestnut puree Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation EC No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union list of food Additives . TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 1129/2011 |
| Oj number | L295 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 232/2012 of 16/03/2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for Quinoline Yellow (E 104), Sunset Yellow FCF/Oragne Yellow (E110) and Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A (E124). TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 0232/2012 |
| Eurlex link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:078:0001:0012:EN:PDF |
| Oj number | L 78 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 380/2012 of 03/05/2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for aluminium -containing food addtiives . TEXT with EEA relevance |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 380/2012 |
| Eurlex link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:119:0014:0038:EN:PDF |
| Oj number | L 119 |
| Oj page | 14 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 738/2013 of 30/07/2013 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain additives in seaweed based fish roe analogues. TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 0738/2013 |
| Oj number | L 204 |
| Oj page | 32 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 601/2014 of 4/6/2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the food categories of meat and the use of certain food additives in meat preparations. TEXT with EEA relevance |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 0601/2014 |
| Oj number | L 166 |
| Oj page | 11 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2014 of 16/10/2014 amending and correcting Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain colours in flavoured ripened cheese. TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 1093/2014 |
| Oj number | L 299 |
| Oj page | 22 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 923/2014 of 25/08/2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of aluminium lakes of riboflavins (E101) and cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E120) in certain food categories and Annex to Regulation (EU) 231/2012 as regards the specifications for riboflavins (E101) . TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 0923/2014 |
| Oj number | L 252 |
| Règlement | Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/537 of 31/3/2015 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of aluminium lakes of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E120) in dietary foods for special medical purposes. TEXT with EEA relevance. |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 2015/0537 |
| Oj number | L 88 |
| Règlement | COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2019/800 of 17 May 2019 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the extension of the use of carminic acid, carmine (E 120) in certain meat products traditional in French Overseas Territories (Text with EEA relevance) |
| Legislation text | (EU) No 2019/0800 |
| Oj number | 132 |
| Oj page | 15 |
| Domain code | fin |
| Authorisation type code | fad_auth |
Conditions d’emploi — 18
| Niv. | Catégorie d’aliment | Restriction | Commentaire |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.6 | cheese products (excluding products falling in category 16) | 125 mg/kg | only red marbled products |
| 4.2.1 | dried fruit and vegetables | 200 mg/kg | only preserves of red fruit |
| 4.2.2 | fruit and vegetables in vinegar oil or brine | 200 mg/kg | only preserves of red fruit |
| 4.2.3 | canned or bottled fruit and vegetables | 200 mg/kg | only preserves of red fruit |
| 4.2.5.3 | other similar fruit or vegetable spreads | 100 mg/kg | except crème de pruneaux |
| 6.3 | breakfast cereals | 200 mg/kg | only fruit flavoured breakfast cereals |
| 1.7.2 | ripened cheese | 125 mg/kg | only red marbled cheese and red pesto cheese |
| 14.2.7.1 | Aromatised wines | 100 mg/l | only americano, bitter vino |
| 14.2.7.2 | Aromatised wine-based drinks | 100 mg/l | only bitter soda |
| 8.2 | Meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 | 100 mg/kg | only breakfast sausages with a minimum cereal content of 6 %, burger meat with a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4 % mixed within the meat (in these products, the meat is minced in such a way so that the muscle and fat tissue are completely dispersed, so that fibre makes an emulsion with the fat, giving those products their typical appearance), merguez type products, salsicha fresca, mici, butifarra fresca, longaniza fresca, chorizo fresco, cevapcici and pljeskav |
| 1.7.5 | processed cheese | 100 mg/kg | only flavoured processed cheese Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| 8.3.2 | Heat-treated meat products | 100 mg/kg | Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| 8.3.3 | Casings and coatings and decorations for meat | quantum satis | only edible external coating of pasturmas Period of application: from 1 August 2014 |
| 4.2.4.1 | fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote | 100 mg/kg | Only seaweed based fish roe analogues |
| 4.2.5 | jam jellies and marmalades and similar products | 100 mg/kg | except chestnut puree |
| 9.2 | Processed fish and fishery products including molluscs and crustaceans | 100 mg/kg | only fish paste and crustacean paste |
| 8.3.1 | Non-heat-treated processed meat | 100 mg/kg | only sausages Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
| 4.2.5.2 | Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC | 100 mg/kg | except chestnut puree Period of application: until 31 July 2014 |
Règlements cités
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation EC No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union list of food Additives . TEXT with EEA relevance.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 232/2012 of 16/03/2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for Quinoline Yellow (E 104), Sunset Yellow FCF/Oragne Yellow (E110) and Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A (E124). TEXT with EEA relevance.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 380/2012 of 03/05/2012 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for aluminium -containing food addtiives . TEXT with EEA relevance
- Commission Regulation (EU) 738/2013 of 30/07/2013 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain additives in seaweed based fish roe analogues. TEXT with EEA relevance.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 601/2014 of 4/6/2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the food categories of meat and the use of certain food additives in meat preparations. TEXT with EEA relevance
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2014 of 16/10/2014 amending and correcting Annex II of Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain colours in flavoured ripened cheese. TEXT with EEA relevance.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 923/2014 of 25/08/2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of aluminium lakes of riboflavins (E101) and cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E120) in certain food categories and Annex to Regulation (EU) 231/2012 as regards the specifications for riboflavins (E101) . TEXT with EEA relevance.
- Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/537 of 31/3/2015 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of aluminium lakes of cochineal, carminic acid, carmines (E120) in dietary foods for special medical purposes. TEXT with EEA relevance.
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2019/800 of 17 May 2019 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the extension of the use of carminic acid, carmine (E 120) in certain meat products traditional in French Overseas Territories (Text with EEA relevance)
Source : Commission européenne, portail FIP, registre « additifs alimentaires », capture du 2026-09-03.