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After strong consumer pressure the European Commission states that all ingredients in food products must be declared. Only ingredients contained in the product in very small quantities, should be excluded. There must also be a list of allergenic substances that must always be included on the labeling  if found in the food. The new labeling rules must apply to both food and wine, because wine contains sulfites, which very many people cannot tolerate.

For years, the rules have been designed so that they protects the economic interests of producers, because they do not have to declare ingredients, either natural or artificial, even if they represent less than 25 percent of the finished product.