✨ Food Standards Definitions
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(b) otherwise—means any of the following:
(i) an infant formula product;
(ii) food for infants;
(iii) a formulated meal replacement;
(iv) a formulated supplementary food;
(v) a formulated supplementary sports food;
(vi) food for special medical purposes.
spirit means an alcoholic beverage consisting of:
(a) a potable alcoholic distillate, including whisky, brandy, rum, gin, vodka and tequila, produced by distillation of fermented liquor derived from food sources, so as to have the taste, aroma and other characteristics generally attributable to that particular spirit; or
(b) such a distillate with any of the following added during production:
(i) water;
(ii) sugars;
(iii) honey;
(iv) spices.
spring water —see definition of mineral water.
sugar means, unless otherwise expressly stated, any of the following:
(a) white sugar;
(b) caster sugar;
(c) icing sugar;
(d) loaf sugar;
(e) coffee sugar;
(f) raw sugar.
sweet cassava means those varieties of cassava roots grown from Manihot esculenta Crantz of the Euphoribiacae family that contain less than 50 mg/kg of hydrogen cyanide (fresh weight basis).
Note Sweet cassava may also be known by other common names including manioc, mandioca, tapioca, aipim and yucca.
tea means the product made from the leaves and leaf buds of one or more of varieties and cultivars of Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntz.
vegetable juice means juice made from a vegetable.
vegetable wine —see definition of fruit wine.
vegetable wine product —see definition of fruit wine product.
vinegar means a food that is the sour liquid prepared by acetous fermentation, with or without alcoholic fermentation, of any suitable food, and including blends and mixtures of such liquids.
wholegrain means the intact grain or the dehulled, ground, milled, cracked or flaked grain where the constituents—endosperm, germ and bran—are present in such proportions that represent the typical ratio of those fractions occurring in the whole cereal, and includes wholemeal.
wholemeal means the product containing all the milled constituents of the grain in such proportions that it represents the typical ratio of those fractions occurring in the whole cereal.
wine means:
(a) a food that is the product of the complete or partial fermentation of fresh grapes, or a mixture of that product and products derived solely from grapes; or
(b) such a food with any of the following added during production:
(i) grape juice and grape juice products;
(ii) sugars;
(iii) brandy or other spirit;
(iv) water that is necessary to incorporate any substance permitted for use as a food additive or a processing aid.
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