English: They are intended for the exclusive or partial feeding of patients with a limited, impaired or disturbed capacity to take, digest, absorb, metabolise or excrete ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients contained therein or metabolites, or with other medically-determined nutrient requirements, whose dietary management cannot be achieved only by modification of the normal diet, by other foods for particular nutritional uses, or by a combination of the two. Commission Directive 1999/21/EC of 25 March 1999 DIETETIC foodstuffs are foodstuffs which, owing to their special composition or manufacturing process, are clearly distinguishable from foodstuffs for normal consumption, which are suitable for their claimed nutritional purposes and which are marketed in such a way as to indicate such suitability Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 and subsequent amendments EMULSIFIERS are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 and subsequent amendments EMULSIFYING SALTS are substances which convert proteins contained in cheese into a dispersed form and thereby bring about homogenous distribution of fat and other components European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 and subsequent amendments ENERGY RECOVERY shall mean the use of combustible packaging waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 and subsequent amendments ENERGY-RESTRICTED DIETS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION FOODSTUFFS are specially formulated foods which, when used as instructed by the manufacturer, replace the whole or part of the total daily diet: products presented as a replacement for the whole of the daily diet;  products presented as a replacement for one or more meals of the daily diet Commission Directive 96/8/EC of 26 February 1996 EXTRACTION SOLVENTS means a solvent which is used in an extraction procedure during the processing of raw materials, of foodstuffs, or of components or ingredients of these products and which is removed but which may result in the unintentional, but technically unavoidable, presence of residues or derivatives in the foodstuff or food ingredient Council Directive 88/344/EEC of 13 June 1988 and subsequent amendments EXTRA JAM shall mean a mixture, brought to a suitable gelled consistency, of sugars and the pulp of one type of fruit, or two of more types of fruit, excluding apples, pears, clingstone plums, melons, water-melons, grapes, pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes Council Directive 79/693/EEC of 24 July 1979 and subsequent amendments EXTRA JELLY shall mean an appropriately gelled mixture of sugars and the juice and/or aqueous extracts of one type of fruit, or two or more types of fruit, excluding apples, pears, clingstone plumbs, melons, water-melons, grapes, pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes Council Directive 79/693/EEC of 24 July 1979 and subsequent amendments FIRMING AGENTS are substances which make or keep tissues of fruit or vegetables firm or crisp, or interact with gelling agents to produce or strengthen a gel European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 and subsequent amendments FLAVOUR ENHANCERS are substances which enhance the existing taste and/or odour of a foodstuff European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 and subsequent amendments FOOD ADDITIVE means any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not normally used as a characteristic ingredient of food whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, in it or its by-products becoming directly or indirectly a component of such foods Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 and subsequent amendments FLAVOURING means flavouring substances, flavouring preparations, process flavourings, smoke flavourings or mixtures thereof Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 and subsequent amendments FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE means a defined chemical substance with flavouring properties which is obtained:
French: Ces aliments se répartissent en deux catégories : les produits présentés comme remplaçant la totalité de la ration journalière; les produits présentés comme remplaçant un ou plusieurs des repas constituant la ration journalière. Directive 96/8/CEE de la Commission du 26 février 1996 DENRÉES ALIMENTAIRES DESTINÉES À UNE ALIMENTATION PARTICULIÈRE : Denrées alimentaires qui, du fait de leur composition particulière ou du processus particulier de leur fabrication, se distinguent nettement des denrées alimentaires de consommation courante, qui conviennent à l'objectif nutritionnel indiqué et qui sont commercialisées de manière à indiquer que'elles répondent à cet objectif. Directive 89/398/CEE du Conseil du 3 mai 1989, et ses modifications DÉRIVÉ D'OGM : toute substance qui est produite à partir d'OGM ou par des OGM, mais qui n'en contient pas. Règlement (CEE) 2092/91 du Conseil du 24 juin 1991, et ses modifications EAU MINÉRALE NATURELLE :