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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 8 MAY 2015
(ii) reduction in blood cholesterol;
(iii) modulation of blood glucose;
and includes:
(c) polysaccharides or oligosaccharides that have a degree of polymerisation greater than 2; and
(d) lignins.
fat, in Standards 1.2.7 and 1.2.8 and Schedules 4 and 11, means total fat.
monounsaturated fatty acids means the total of cis-monounsaturated fatty acids.
polyunsaturated fatty acids means the total of polyunsaturated fatty acids with cis-cis-methylene interrupted double bonds.
saturated fatty acids means the total of fatty acids containing no double bonds.
sugars, in Standard 1.2.7, Standard 1.2.8 and Schedule 4 (except where it appears with an asterisk as ‘sugars*’)—means monosaccharides and disaccharides. (Elsewhere in the Code it has a different definition).
trans fatty acids means the total of unsaturated fatty acids where one or more of the double bonds are in the trans configuration.
unit quantity means:
(a) for a food consisting of a solid or semi-solid food—100 grams; or
(b) for a food consisting of a beverage or other liquid food—100 millilitres.
Note 2 In Standard 1.2.7 and Standard 1.2.8:
fruit means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that are present in the typical proportion of the whole fruit (with or without the peel or water); and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, legumes and seeds.
vegetable means the edible portion of a plant or constituents of the edible portion that are present in the typical proportion of the whole vegetable (with or without the peel or water) and does not include nuts, spices, herbs, fungi, dried legumes (including dried legumes that have been cooked or rehydrated) and seeds.
Division 2 Nutrition information panels
1.2.8—5 When nutrition information panel is required
(1) For the labelling provisions, the required information on packaged food is a nutrition information panel.
(2) A nutrition information panel is not required for:
(a) the following foods, unless a *claim requiring nutrition information is made in relation to the food:
(i) a standardised alcoholic beverage;
(ii) a herb, a spice or a herbal infusion;
(iii) vinegar or imitation vinegar;
(iv) iodised salt, reduced sodium salt mixture, salt or salt substitute;
(v) tea or coffee, or instant tea or instant coffee;
(vi) a substance that is approved for use as a food additive;
(vii) a substance that is approved for use as a processing aid;
(viii) a food that is sold to be used as a processing aid;
(ix) fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, and fish that comprise a single ingredient or category of ingredients;
(x) gelatine;
(xi) water (including mineral water or spring water) or ice;
(xii) prepared filled rolls, sandwiches, bagels and similar products;
(xiii) jam setting compound;
(xiv) a kit which is intended to be used to produce a standardised alcoholic beverage;
(xv) a beverage containing no less than 0.5% alcohol by volume that is not a standardised alcoholic beverage;
(xvi) kava; or
(b) a food in a small package, other than food for infants.
Note 1 See section 1.2.8—14 for the requirement for a food in a small package.
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