Processing aids A048T Generic term * RPC Derivatives/ ingredients **

The group includes any type of Processing aids, i.e. substances intentionally used to process raw materials that are not present or are present at only insignificant levels in the finished food. For example, pre-mixes used for the preparation of ice cream are included. The part consumed/analysed is by default the whole marketed unit or a homogeneous representative portion.

Generic term (Level of detail)

A term that fixes a food's general nature but not its specific source. To be used only as a base term in a FoodEx2 code if no more specific term is available. ↩

RPC Derivatives/ ingredients (Type of Term)

A food made from a single commodity by a process that changes its nature, such as flour from grain or oil from seeds. ↩

Implicit facet descriptors *

Descriptors marked are not part of "Exposure hierarchy" and open in their own default hierarchy.

Facet descriptor

Implicit facet descriptors are characteristics a food already implies, so they are left out of its FoodEx2 code. For example, "smoked salmon" (A02KF) implies the facet descriptor "smoking" (F28.A07JV); because the term itself already conveys it, it is not added to the code. ↩

Narrower terms

These are child terms of the current term, "Processing aids".

Processing aids has no narrower terms in Exposure hierarchy.

Sibling terms

Other terms sharing the same "Miscellaneous agents for food processing" parent term.

Record metadata

Status
APPROVED
Version
17.0
Valid from
30 Oct 2014, 00:00
Valid to
-
Last update
30 Jan 2026, 09:07