✨ Food Standards Definitions
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(ii) is not wine or a wine product; or
(b) such a food with any of the following added during production:
(i) fruit juice and fruit juice products;
(ii) vegetable juice and vegetable juice products;
(iii) sugars;
(iv) honey;
(v) spices;
(vi) alcohol;
(vii) water.
fruit wine product or vegetable wine product means a food containing no less than 700 mL/L of fruit wine, or vegetable wine, or both fruit and vegetable wine, which has been formulated, processed, modified or mixed with other foods such that it is not a fruit wine or vegetable wine.
gelatine means a protein product prepared from animal skin, bone or other collagenous material, or any combination of those things.
honey means the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which honey bees collect, transform and combine with specific substances of their own, store and leave in the honey comb to ripen and mature.
ice cream means a sweet frozen food that is made from cream or milk products or both, and other foods, and is generally aerated.
icing means a mixture of sugar and other foods for use as a coating and includes frosting, plastic icing and icing gel.
imitation vinegar means a food that is prepared by mixing water and acetic acid.
infant formula means an infant formula product that:
(a) is represented as a breast-milk substitute for infants; and
(b) satisfies by itself the nutritional requirements of infants under the age of 4 to 6 months.
infant formula product means a product based on milk or other edible food constituents of animal or plant origin which is nutritionally adequate to serve as the sole or principal liquid source of nourishment for infants, depending on the age of the infant.
instant coffee means the dried soluble solids prepared from the water extraction of coffee.
instant tea means dried soluble solids prepared from the water extraction of tea.
iodised salt or iodised reduced sodium salt mixture means a food that is salt, or a reduced sodium salt mixture, as appropriate, or such a food containing any of the following:
(a) potassium iodide;
(b) potassium iodate;
(c) sodium iodide;
(d) sodium iodate;
added in an amount that is equivalent to:
(e) no less than 25 mg/kg of iodine; and
(f) no more than 65 mg/kg of iodine.
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(a) means:
(i) a product prepared by processing one or more of the following:
(A) fruit;
(B) concentrated fruit juice;
(C) fruit juice;
(D) water extracts of fruit; or
(ii) such a product processed with sugars or honey; and
(b) includes conserve; and
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