{"id":"F2008B00648","name":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.6.1 - Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice","slug":"australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71980,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00648-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.6.1 - Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice","content":"Standard 2.6.1\n\nFruit Juice and Vegetable Juice\n\nPurpose\n\nThis Standard defines fruit and vegetable juice, sets certain compositional permissions for the product and specifies labelling requirements for juice blends.\n\nTable of Provisions\n\n1 Interpretation\n\n2 Composition\n\n3 Labelling of juice blend\n\nClauses\n\n1 Interpretation\n\nIn this Code –\n\n> fruit juice or vegetable juice means the liquid portion, with or without pulp, obtained from –\n\n      (a) fruit or vegetables respectively; and\n      (b) in the case of citrus fruit, other than lime, the endocarp only of the fruit;\n\n> and includes products that have been concentrated and later reconstituted with water to a concentration consistent with that of the undiluted juice from which it was made.\n\n> juice blend means juice made from a blend of more than one juice.\n\n2 Composition\n\nFruit juice or vegetable juice may have added to it any of the following foods –\n\n    (a) for vegetable juice, sugars;\n    (b) for fruit juice, no more than 40 g/kg of sugars; and\n    (c) salt; and\n    (d) herbs and spices.\n\n3 Labelling of juice blend\n\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), the label on a package of juice blend must include –\n\n    (a) the names of each juice present in the blend; and\n    (b) the percentage by volume of each juice present in the blend.\n\n  \n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to orange juice which contains no more than ten % in total of –\n\n    (a) mandarin juice; or\n    (b) tangelo juice;\n\nor both.\n\n> Note: Editorial note:\n\n> Note: See Part 1.2 – Labelling and Other Information Requirements of this Code for general labelling requirements. See Standard 1.3.1 – Food Additives for limits for additives for fruit juice and vegetable juice. See Standard 1.3.3 – Processing Aids for requirements for processing aids in the production of fruit juice and vegetable juice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1048},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The standard remains tightly focused on its stated purpose of defining juice products, setting permitted compositional additions, and specifying labelling requirements for blended products. No significant expansion beyond the original scope is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section (fruit/vegetable juice, juice blend)","Single quantitative limit (40 g/kg sugar for fruit juice)","One conditional exception to labelling requirements (the orange juice carve-out for ≤10% mandarin/tangelo)","Minimal cross-referencing (only editorial notes referencing other standards)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Standard sets the rules for what can be sold as **fruit juice** or **vegetable juice** in Australia and New Zealand.\n\n**What counts as juice?**\n- The liquid from fruit or vegetables (with or without pulp)\n- For citrus fruits (except lime), only the inner part (endocarp) counts\n- Includes juices that were concentrated then mixed back with water to original strength\n\n**What can be added?**\n- **Vegetable juice**: sugars (unlimited), salt, herbs and spices\n- **Fruit juice**: sugars (maximum 40 grams per kilogram), salt, herbs and spices\n\n**Labelling mixed juices**\nIf you blend more than one type of juice together, the label must list:\n- The name of each juice in the mix\n- What percentage of the bottle each juice makes up\n\n**The orange juice exception**\nThere's one exception to the labelling rule: pure orange juice can contain up to 10% mandarin or tangelo juice (or both) without having to list them separately on the label."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The supplied text defines the scope of this Standard (what counts as juice, permitted additions, and labelling rules). The document does not include any information about an earlier version or an original intent against which to measure change, so no change in scope can be determined from this text alone."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused text with limited number of operative clauses (definitions, composition permissions, labelling) which reduces legal complexity.","Different permissions for fruit juice (numeric sugar cap 40 g/kg) and vegetable juice (sugars allowed without a numeric cap) increases substantive detail (Clause 2).","Requirement to declare percentage by volume for each component in blends creates practical measurement and record-keeping complexity for producers (Clause 3(1)).","Exception for orange juice blends (up to 10% mandarin/tangelo) adds a conditional carve-out that must be checked (Clause 3(2)).","Inclusion of reconstituted concentrates in the definition of juice means accounting rules must treat concentrates as juice for composition and labelling purposes (Clause 1).","Editorial cross-references to other Standards (food additives, processing aids, and general labelling rules) create dependence on external rules not reproduced here (editorial note).","The Standard prescribes obligations but does not include enforcement, sampling or penalty procedures in this text, leaving implementation detail to other instruments or agencies."],"plain_english_summary":"This Standard defines \"fruit juice\" and \"vegetable juice\" (including reconstituted concentrates), limits what may be added (salt, herbs/spices; vegetable juice may contain added sugar; fruit juice may contain added sugar up to 40 g/kg), and requires blended-juice labels to name each component and show its percentage by volume (with a small orange‑juice exception). It mainly affects producers—who must control formulations, test/record sugar and volumes, and update labels—and gives consumers clearer composition information while leaving enforcement details to other rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice","history":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-6-1-fruit-juice-and-vegetable-juice/documents"}}