Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 11 – Calculation of values for nutrition information panel (Cth)

Schedule 11 Calculation of values for nutrition information panel

Note 1 This instrument is a standard under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). The standards together make up the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. See also section 1.1.1—3.

Standard 1.2.8 is a standard for nutrition information requirements. This Standard: ● sets out how to calculate average energy content, available carbohydrate and available carbohydrate by difference for sections 1.1.2—2 and 1.2.8—4; and ● sets out how to determine dietary fibre for subsection 1.2.8—7(7) and subsection S5—6(2); and ● lists substances for paragraph 1.2.8—6(9)(a) and subparagraph 1.2.8—14(1)(c)(ii).

Note 2 The provisions of the Code that apply in New Zealand are incorporated in, or adopted under, the Food Act 2014 (NZ). See also section 1.1.1—3. S11—1 Name This Standard is Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Schedule 11 – Calculation of values for nutrition information panel. Note Commencement: This Standard commences on 1 March 2016, being the date specified as the commencement date in notices in the Gazette and the New Zealand Gazette under section 92 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth). See also section 93 of that Act. S11—2 Calculation of average energy content (1) For section 1.1.2—2, the *average energy content of a food means the energy content AE, in kJ/100 g, calculated using the following equation:

where: N is the number of *components in the food. Wi is the '*average quantity' of a component of the food measured in g/100 g of the food. Fi is the energy factor, expressed in kJ/g: (a) for a general component listed in the table to subsection (2)—indicated in the corresponding row of that table; and (b) for a specific component listed in the table to subsection (3)—indicated in the corresponding row of that table. (2) For subsection (1), particular energy factors, in kJ/g, for certain *components are listed below: Energy factors for general components Component Energy factor alcohol 29 *carbohydrate (excluding unavailable carbohydrate) 17 unavailable carbohydrate (including dietary fibre) 8 fat 37 protein 17