✨ Food Labelling Standards
20 DECEMBER
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
4433
Editorial note:
For example, the statement of ingredients for canned spaghetti might read
‘spaghetti (flour, egg, water), meat, sugar, water’
under option (a) or
‘flour, meat, egg, sugar, water’
under option (b).
(2) Except in the case of an alcoholic beverage specified in Part 2.7 of this Code, those ingredients of a compound ingredient must be declared by listing them in brackets after the name of the compound ingredient, in descending order of ingoing weight in the compound ingredient as specified in the Table to this clause.
Table to clause 6
| Amount of compound ingredient in the food | Ingredients of the compound ingredient to be included in the statement of ingredients |
|---|---|
| 5% or more | all ingredients |
| less than 5% | subject to clause 4 of Standard 1.2.3, all food additives in the compound ingredient where the food additive is performing a technological function in the final food |
Editorial note:
Determining when a food additive is performing a technological function in a food may be difficult at times and will depend on the nature of the compound ingredient which contains the additive and the food in which the compound ingredient is used. In this regard, manufacturers should consider what the critical factors are in the final food (eg. shelf life, colour, texture) and determine whether the food additives added via compound ingredients are functioning in such a way as to affect these critical factors. If they are, then it is likely that the food additives are performing a technological function in the final food and should therefore be declared.
Some food additives, added as part of the compound ingredients, may not be performing a technological function in the final food because of some processing. For example, a preservative in apple pulp will not necessarily be performing a technological function once the apple pulp has been added to a pie and then baked.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareFood Labelling, Ingredients, Order of Weight, Dehydrated Ingredients, Concentrated Ingredients, Added Water, Volatile Ingredients, Compound Ingredients, Alcoholic Beverages, Food Additives