These notifications report sweeteners. In the EU every food additive needs an authorisation for the food it is used in.
32 notifications since 1 January 2020 named sweeteners, under 1% of all EU notifications in that time. 7 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 6 in the 365 days before, up 17%. 31% were border rejections and 22% had a serious risk decision.
The origins named most often were Spain (5), China (3) and the United Kingdom (3). The product categories named most often were non alcoholic beverages (7), food supplements and dietetic foods (6) and cocoa, coffee and tea (4). The products named most often were cocoa (2), energy drinks (2) and food supplements (2).
Explainer sources, checked 18 October 2026: Food additives, European Commission.
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications that named sweeteners
The newest 25 of 32, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: sweeteners and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in pet food from Germany, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.7973, validated 9 September 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Switzerland: sweeteners in energy drinks from Austria, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.7218, validated 13 August 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners in cocoa from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.6182, validated 10 July 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Spain: sweeteners and labelling faults in cocoa from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4898, validated 4 June 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners and labelling faults in chocolate products from Spain, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.4546, validated 22 May 2026.
- Border rejection notified by France: sweeteners in tea drinks from Vietnam, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.2150, validated 13 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared sulphites and sweeteners in a food additive or flavouring from Belgium, Greece, Indonesia and 1 more countries, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1678, validated 27 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Spain: undeclared sulphites and sweeteners in a food additive or flavouring from Indonesia, risk decision serious, reference 2025.8320, validated 28 October 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: sweeteners in soft drinks from the United States, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5964, validated 5 August 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Spain: sweeteners in a prepared dish or snack from Spain, risk decision not serious, reference 2025.5286, validated 11 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Denmark: ethylene oxide and sweeteners in a food supplement from France, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.4964, validated 1 July 2025.
- Alert notified by Germany: sweeteners and foreign bodies in a food supplement from Germany, risk decision serious, reference 2025.0270, validated 15 January 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Italy: sweeteners and labelling faults in a sauce or condiment from Italy, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.8430, validated 15 November 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Slovenia: sweeteners in energy drinks from the United States, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.4529, validated 12 June 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: sweeteners in food supplements from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.3277, validated 24 April 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Slovenia: sweeteners in food supplements from the United Kingdom, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.3273, validated 24 April 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Poland: unauthorised colours and sweeteners in confectionery from Taiwan, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.3084, validated 17 April 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: sweeteners and missing or incorrect health certificates and documents in sugars and syrups from China, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.2640, validated 4 April 2024.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: sweeteners in snacks from Hong Kong, risk decision no risk, reference 2023.7758, validated 10 November 2023.
- Alert notified by Denmark: sweeteners in a non alcoholic drink from the United Kingdom, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.7079, validated 17 October 2023.
- Information for follow up notified by Germany: pesticide residues and sweeteners in tea from Vietnam, risk decision potential risk, reference 2023.3447, validated 24 May 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: unauthorised colours, preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid) and sweeteners in syrups from Brazil, risk decision undecided, reference 2023.2459, validated 12 April 2023.
- Border rejection notified by Portugal: sweeteners in sunflower seeds from China, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.7507, validated 22 December 2022.
- Information for attention notified by Poland: preservatives (benzoic or sorbic acid), sweeteners and vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels in fish from Ukraine, risk decision undecided, reference 2022.7202, validated 9 December 2022.
- Information for follow up notified by Czechia: sweeteners in a food supplement from Czechia, risk decision not serious, reference 2022.6507, validated 7 November 2022.
Other additives and colours: an unauthorised additive, unauthorised colours, vitamins, minerals or other nutrients above safe levels.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 7 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Border rejection | 10 | 31% |
| Alert | 8 | 25% |
| Information for follow up | 12 | 38% |
| Information for attention | 2 | 6% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 7 | 22% |
| Potentially serious | 5 | 16% |
| Potential risk | 7 | 22% |
| Not serious | 8 | 25% |
| Undecided | 4 | 12% |
| No risk | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Cocoa | 2 |
| Energy drinks | 2 |
| Food supplements | 2 |
| Pickled vegetables | 2 |
| Soft drinks | 2 |
| Sugars and syrups | 2 |
| Chocolate products | 1 |
| Food supplement capsules or tablets | 1 |
| Mayonnaise | 1 |
| Snacks | 1 |
| Origin | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 16% |
| China | 3 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| Czechia | 2 | 6% |
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 6% |
| Japan | 2 | 6% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Vietnam | 2 | 6% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Product category | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non alcoholic beverages | 7 | 22% |
| Food supplements and dietetic foods | 6 | 19% |
| Cocoa, coffee and tea | 4 | 12% |
| Food additives and flavourings | 2 | 6% |
| Fruit and vegetables | 2 | 6% |
| Other and mixed food products | 2 | 6% |
| Prepared dishes and snacks | 2 | 6% |
| Soups, sauces and condiments | 2 | 6% |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1 | 3% |
| Confectionery | 1 | 3% |
| Fish and fish products | 1 | 3% |
| Nuts, nut products and seeds | 1 | 3% |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6 | 19% |
| Poland | 5 | 16% |
| Germany | 3 | 9% |
| Portugal | 3 | 9% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 9% |
| Czechia | 2 | 6% |
| Denmark | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
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