Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 1.2.4 - Labelling of Ingredients
6Declaration of compound ingredients
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6 Declaration of compound ingredients
(1) A compound ingredient must be declared in the statement of ingredients either –
(a) by declaring the compound ingredient by name in its appropriate place in the statement of ingredients, and listing its ingredients in brackets after the name of the compound ingredient, in descending order of ingoing weight in the compound ingredient, as specified in the Table to this clause; or
(b) by declaring all of the ingredients of the compound ingredient separately as if they were individual ingredients of the final food.
(2) However, paragraph 6(1)(a) does not apply to food standardised in Standard 2.9.2.
(3) The ingredients in an alcoholic beverage, standardised in Standards 2.7.2 to 2.7.5 of this Code, do not need to be declared in a statement of ingredients if the alcoholic beverage has been declared as an ingredient in the food.
Table to clause 6
| Amount of compound ingredient in the food | Ingredients of the compound ingredient to be included in the statement of ingredients |
|---|---|
| 5% or more | All ingredients |
| less than 5% | 1. If applicable, any substance listed in the Table to clause 4 of Standard 1.2.3; and2. all food additives in the compound ingredient that perform a technological function in the final food |
Note: An example for clause 6 is the statement of ingredients for canned spaghetti, which could read –
Note: ‘tomatoes, water, spaghetti (wheat flour, egg, water), sugar, salt, flavours’
Note: under option (a) or –
Note: ‘tomatoes, water, wheat flour, egg, sugar, salt, flavours’
Note: under option (b).