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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.6.1 - Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice

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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.

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Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.6.1 - Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice

Standard 2.6.1

Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice

Purpose

This Standard defines fruit and vegetable juice, sets certain compositional permissions for the product and specifies labelling requirements for juice blends.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation

2 Composition

3 Labelling of juice blend

Clauses

1 Interpretation

In this Code –

fruit juice or vegetable juice means the liquid portion, with or without pulp, obtained from –

  (a) fruit or vegetables respectively; and
  (b) in the case of citrus fruit, other than lime, the endocarp only of the fruit;

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.

juice blend means juice made from a blend of more than one juice.

2 Composition

Fruit juice or vegetable juice may have added to it any of the following foods –

(a) for vegetable juice, sugars;
(b) for fruit juice, no more than 40 g/kg of sugars; and
(c) salt; and
(d) herbs and spices.

3 Labelling of juice blend

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the label on a package of juice blend must include –

(a) the names of each juice present in the blend; and
(b) the percentage by volume of each juice present in the blend.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to orange juice which contains no more than ten % in total of –

(a) mandarin juice; or
(b) tangelo juice;

or both.

Note: Editorial note:

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.

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1 Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.6.1 - Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice

Standard 2.6.1

Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice

Purpose

This Standard defines fruit and vegetable juice, sets certain compositional permissions for the product and specifies labelling requirements for juice blends.

Table of Provisions

1 Interpretation

2 Composition

3 Labelling of juice blend

Clauses

1 Interpretation

In this Code –

fruit juice or vegetable juice means the liquid portion, with or without pulp, obtained from –

  (a) fruit or vegetables respectively; and
  (b) in the case of citrus fruit, other than lime, the endocarp only of the fruit;

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.

juice blend means juice made from a blend of more than one juice.

2 Composition

Fruit juice or vegetable juice may have added to it any of the following foods –

(a) for vegetable juice, sugars;
(b) for fruit juice, no more than 40 g/kg of sugars; and
(c) salt; and
(d) herbs and spices.

3 Labelling of juice blend

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the label on a package of juice blend must include –

(a) the names of each juice present in the blend; and
(b) the percentage by volume of each juice present in the blend.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to orange juice which contains no more than ten % in total of –

(a) mandarin juice; or
(b) tangelo juice;

or both.

Note: Editorial note:

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.