Division 1Interpretation

Division 1 – Interpretation

Clauses

1 Interpretation

(1) In this Standard –

average energy content means the figure calculated in accordance with subclause (3).

biologically active substance means a substance, other than a nutrient, with which health effects are associated.

carbohydrate means –

  (a) ‘carbohydrate by difference’, calculated by subtracting from 100, the average quantity expressed as a percentage of water, protein, fat, dietary fibre, ash, alcohol, and if quantified or added to the food, any other unavailable carbohydrate and the substances listed in column 1 of Table 2 to subclause 2(2); or
  (b) ‘available carbohydrate’, calculated by summing the average quantity of total available sugars and starch, and if quantified or added to the food, any available oligosaccharides, glycogen and maltodextrins.

claim requiring nutrition information has the meaning given in subclause 4(1).

dietary fibre means that fraction of the edible part of plants or their extracts, or synthetic analogues that –

  (a) are resistant to the digestion and absorption in the small intestine, usually with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine; and
  (b) promote one or more of the following beneficial physiological effects –

  (i) laxation;
  (ii) reduction in blood cholesterol;
  (iii) modulation of blood glucose;

and includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides (degree of polymerisation > 2) and lignins.

fat means total fat.

monounsaturated fatty acids means the total of cis-monounsaturated fatty acids and declared as monounsaturated fat.

polyunsaturated fatty acids means the total of polyunsaturated fatty acids with cis-cis-methylene interrupted double bonds and declared as polyunsaturated fat.

prescribed beverage means –

(a) an alcoholic beverage standardised in Standards 2.7.2 to 2.7.5; or

(b) a beverage containing no less than 0.5% alcohol by volume.

prescribed beverage gluten free claim means a nutrition content claim in relation to gluten content of a prescribed beverage that uses the descriptor ‘free’ in conjunction with gluten, or a synonym of such a descriptor.

saturated fatty acids means the total of fatty acids containing no double bonds and declared as saturated fat.