Regulation 158

Coffee and chicory shall be a mixture of ground coffee and ground chicory. It shall contain not less than 50% (w/w) coffee and shall not contain any foreign substance.

There shall be legibly printed in English on the label on or attached to every package which contains coffee mixed with chicory a statement in which the words “Coffee and Chicory” are printed in larger letters than any other words on the label, immediately followed by a statement of the percentage proportion in which the ingredients of the mixture are present, printed in type of not less than 3 mm in height, in the following form:“Containing not less than (here insert the number of parts per cent of coffee) parts per cent of coffee”.

The word “coffee” and expressions which include the word “coffee” shall not be printed on any statement or label printed on or attached to any package which contains a mixture of coffee and chicory unless it be conjoined with the words “and chicory”.