New Zealand Gazette – 2013 – No. 3

Page 130

✨ Food Health Claims Schedule



130 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 3 18 JANUARY 2013

SCHEDULE 3 (continued)

Conditions for permitted general level health claims

Part 4 – Foods

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Food or property of food Specific health effect Relevant population Context claim statements Conditions
Fruits and vegetables Contributes to heart health Diet containing an increased amount of fruit and vegetables; or

Diet containing a high amount of fruit and vegetables		 (a) the food is not –

(i) fruit juice or vegetable juice as standardised in Standard 2.6.1; or
(ii) a food standardised in Standard 2.6.2;
and
(b) the food contains no less than 90% fruit or vegetable by weight
Sugar or sugars Contributes to dental health Good oral hygiene The food –

(a) is confectionery or chewing gum; and
(b) either –

(i) contains 0.2% or less starch, dextrins, mono-, di- and oligo-saccharides, or other fermentable carbohydrates combined; or
(ii) if the food contains more than 0.2% fermentable carbohydrates, it must not lower plaque pH below 5.7 by bacterial fermentation during 30 minutes after consumption as measured by the indwelling plaque pH test, referred to in \'Identification of Low Caries Risk Dietary Components\' by T.N. Imfeld, Volume 11, Monographs in Oral Science, 1983


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🏥 Conditions for permitted general level health claims (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Food Standards, Nutrition Claims, Health Claims, Regulations, Fruits, Vegetables, Sugar, Dental Health, Heart Health