Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients
5Ingredients to be listed in descending order of ingoing weight
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5 Ingredients to be listed in descending order of ingoing weight
(1) Ingredients must be declared in the statement of ingredients in descending order of ingoing weight, except –
(a) where a dehydrated or concentrated ingredient is reconstituted during preparation, manufacture or handling of the food, in which case, the position of that ingredient in the statement of ingredients may be determined by the weight of the ingredient before concentration or dehydration; or
(b) where any dehydrated or concentrated food is intended to be reconstituted in accordance with directions, in which case, the ingredients may be stated in descending order of proportion by weight in the reconstituted product, provided it is clear that the ingredients are being declared in order of their weight when reconstituted; or
(c) added water and volatile ingredients, which must be declared in accordance with subclause 5(2); or
(d) compound ingredients, which must be declared in accordance with clause 6.
Note: The statement of ingredients may be headed, for example, by the words ‘ingredients when reconstituted’ to make it clear that the ingredients are being declared in order of their weight when reconstituted.
(2) Added water or a volatile ingredient must be declared in the statement of ingredients immediately following the ingredient with the closest higher ingoing weight but shall be calculated in accordance with the ingoing weight of the added water or volatile ingredient minus the amount of that ingredient that is removed and/or used for reconstitution of dehydrated or concentrated ingredients during preparation, manufacture or handling of the food.