11Meaning of proportion and average proportion of ingredients by weight

11 Meaning of proportion and average proportion of ingredients by weight

In this information standard, a reference to the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of a food is a reference to the total ingoing weight of the ingredients from Australia as a proportion of the total ingoing weight of all the ingredients of the food, expressed as a percentage. In this information standard, a reference to the average proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of a packaged food is a reference to the average determined over a continuous 1, 2 or 3 year period that ends no later than 2 years before the date the labelling is affixed to the package. To avoid doubt, a substance or food used as a processing aid is not an ingredient for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2). For this section:

an ingredient that was exclusively grown or produced in Australia is from Australia; and
if a compound ingredient of a food is itself made from ingredients from more than one country (sub-ingredients), the ingoing weight of that ingredient is attributed to the different countries, one of which is Australia, in accordance with the proportion by weight of the sub ingredients in that compound ingredient.

Note: Example: A pasta sauce is made in Australia from 70% Australian ingredients by weight. It is then used to make a lasagne. The ingoing weight of the pasta sauce is attributed 70% to Australia and 30% to other countries in calculating the proportion by weight of the Australian ingredients of the lasagne.

In this section:

used as a processing aid has the meaning given by section 1.1.2—13 of the Food Standards Code.