NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015

supplement to a normal diet to address situations where intakes of energy and nutrients may not be adequate to meet an individual’s requirements.

formulated supplementary food for young children means a formulated supplementary food for children aged 1 to 3 years.

Note 2 In this Standard, the following term is defined: claimable vitamin or mineral.

Division 2 Formulated meal replacements

2.9.3—3 Compositional requirements for formulated meal replacements

(1) A formulated meal replacement must contain in a serving no less than:

(a) 12 g protein; and

(b) 850 kJ; and

(c) 25% *RDI of each vitamin and mineral listed in Column 1 of the table to section S29—12.

(2) A vitamin or mineral may be *used as a nutritive substance in a formulated meal replacement if:

(a) the vitamin or mineral is listed in Column 1 of:

(i) the table to section S29—12; or

(ii) the table to section S29—13; and

(b) the total of the naturally occurring and added vitamin or mineral in a serving is not greater than the amount, if any, specified in relation to that vitamin or mineral in Column 2 of the relevant table; and

(c) the vitamin or mineral is in a permitted form specified in:

(i) section S17—2 or S17—3; or

(ii) section S29—17; or

(iii) for vitamin K—section S29—7.

2.9.3—4 Labelling of formulated meal replacements

(1) The nutrition information panel on the label on a package of formulated meal replacement must include a declaration of the average quantities of the vitamins and minerals that:

(a) in the case of vitamins and minerals listed in the table in section S29—12—are present in the food; and

(b) in the case of vitamins and minerals listed in the table in section S29—13—have been *used as a nutritive substance in the food.

(2) A claim as to the presence in a formulated meal replacement of a vitamin or mineral listed in the table to section S29—12 or S29—13 may be made on the label on a package of formulated meal replacement only if:

(a) no less than 10% RDI or ESADDI of that vitamin or mineral is present in a serving of the food; and

(b) for a vitamin or mineral that has been *used as a nutritive substance in the food—the claimed amount of that vitamin or mineral in a serving is no more than the amount set out in Column 3 of the relevant table to section S29—12 or S29—13.

Note If such a claim is made, subparagraph 1.2.8—6(1)(d)(iv) might be relevant.

(3) A claim that a formulated meal replacement is a good source of a vitamin or mineral may be made if:

(a) the vitamin or mineral is listed in Column 1 of the table to section S29—12 or S29—13; and

(b) a serving of the food contains at least 25% RDI or ESADDI of that vitamin or mineral; and

(c) where the vitamin or mineral has been *used as a nutritive substance in the food, the claimed amount of that vitamin or mineral in a serving is no more than the amount set out in Column 3 of the table to section S29—12 or S29—13.

(4) ‘Formulated meal replacement’ is a *prescribed name.

(5) For the labelling provisions, the required statement is words to the effect that the product must not be used as a total diet replacement.

Note The labelling provisions are set out in Standard 1.2.1.

Division 3 Formulated supplementary foods

2.9.3—5 Compositional requirements for formulated supplementary foods

(1) A formulated supplementary food must contain in a serving no less than:

(a) 8 g protein; and

(b) 550 kJ; and