LIST OF FOODS AND FOOD PRODUCTS APPROVED TO CARRY
A FOLATE/NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS HEALTH CLAIM
During 1998 the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Council (comprising of Federal, State, Territory, and New Zealand Food Ministers) approved a number of products to make a health claim about the benefits of folate in reducing neural tube defects such as spina bifida in babies.
(For the list of foods and food products please see end of this document).
The foods and food products satisfy the nutritional eligibility criteria for the folate/neural tube defects health claim pilot project: that is:
- Primary foods as defined in Standard A9 must contain at least 40 micrograms of folate in each serving (as specified in the nutrition information panel); and
- Processed foods must contain at least 40 micrograms of folate in each serving, and not more than 14g fat, 5g saturated fat, 500 mg sodium, and 10 g in total of added sugars and honey.
Companies and industry associations wanting to make an approved folate health claim on other foods and products are invited to apply to ANZFA.
Timetable for the Pilot
Originally, the pilot had a sunset date of 13 February 2000, which was set on the assumption that a decision on health claims generally (Proposal P153) would occur before then. Due to slippage in the progress of Proposal P153 an extension of the sunset date by one year, to February 2001, was approved in October 1999. In July 2000 the pilot sunset date was further extended to August 2002.
How do I make an application?
An application package is available from ANZFA's Information Officer, Tel: (02) 6271 2241or Email: info@anzfa.gov.au or anzfa.nz@anzfa.gov.au
LIST OF APPROVED FOODS AND FOOD PRODUCTS
NOTE: This list includes all foods and food products approved as at 30 September 2000
PRIMARY FOODS
Eggs
Eggs
Fruit
Avocado
Grapefruit
Orange
Legumes
McKenzie's Borlotti Beans
McKenzie's Cannellini Beans
McKenzie's Chick Peas
McKenzie's Dried (Whole Green) Peas
McKenzie's Green Split Peas
McKenzie's Haricot Beans
McKenzie's Italian Style Soup Mix
McKenzie's Lima Beans
McKenzie's Red Kidney Beans
McKenzie's Soya Beans
McKenzie's Whole Green Lentils
McKenzie's Yellow Split Peas
McKenzie's Red Split Lentils
Mellow Yellow Red Kidney Beans
Mellow Yellow Soya Beans
Mellow Yellow Chick Peas
Sanitarium Red Kidney Beans
Nuts
Peanuts
Vegetables
Beetroot
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
English Spinach
Green beans
Leeks
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Parsnip
Sweet corn
Zucchini
Harvest FreshCuts Vegetable Medley
Watties Garden Peas
Watties Baby Peas
Watties Choice Cut Green Beans
Watties Supersweet Corn
PROCESSED FOODS
Bread
Burgen Sunflower Barley and Sunflower Seed Loaf
Burgen High Bake Heritage Rye
Burgen High Bake Heritage White
Burgen High Bake Heritage Granary Malt
Burgen High Bake Heritage Soy and Linseed
Burgen High Bake Heritage Wholemeal
Burgen Mixed Grain Loaf
Burgen Mixed Grain Fruit Loaf
Burgen Oat Bran and Honey Loaf
Burgen Traditional Rye Loaf
Burgen Soy-Lin Loaf
Tip Top English Muffins
Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal
Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal Toast
Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal with Wheatgerm
Tip Top Holsom's Wholemeal with Wheatgerm Toast
Tip Top Hyfibe White
Tip Top Hyfibe White Muffins
Tip Top Hyfibe White Thick
Tip Top Multigrain
Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain
Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain Muffins
Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain Toast
Tip Top Multigrain Muffins
Tip Top Multigrain Toast
Pro-Rol
Pro-Rol Thick
Tip Top Sunblest Thick
Tip Top Sunblest Sandwich
Swiss Maid
Tip Top The White Stuff
Tip Top The White Stuff Muffins
Uncle Tobys Vitagold Bread
Uncle Tobys Energy White Bread
Uncle Tobys GrainsPlus Bread
Cereals
Goodman Fielder Nature's Gold
Jackaroo Flour
Kellogg's All Bran
Kellogg's All Bran Fruit 'n Oats
Kellogg's Bran Flakes
Kellogg's Corn Flakes
Kellogg's Golden Wheats
Kellogg's Guardian
Kellogg's Just Right
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Apricot
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Blackcurrant
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Strawberry
Kellogg's Mini-Wheats Whole Wheat
Kellogg's Special K
Kellogg's Sultana Bran
Lowan Flake Medley with Wild Berries
Sanitarium Cornflakes *
Sanitarium Fruity Bix - Apricot *
Sanitarium Fruity Bix - Tropical *
Sanitarium Fruity Bix - Wild Berry *
Sanitarium Good Start *
Sanitarium Light 'n Tasty
Sanitarium Lite-Bix *
Sanitaruin Soy Tasty
Sanitarium Weet-Bix
Sanitarium Weet-Bix HiBran Soy & Linseed
Sanitarium Weet-Bix plus Oat Bran
Uncle Tobys Lite Start Breakfast Bars
Uncle Tobys Lite Start Breakfast Cereal
Fruit/Vegetables
Golden Circle Kernel Corn
Golden Circle Sliced & Baby Beetroot
Juices
Berri Orange Juice (Long Life) - No Added Sugar
Berri Orange Juice (Long Life) - Premium
Berri Pure N' Fresh (Chilled Orange Juice)
Citrus Tree Orange Juice
Coles Orange Juice - No Added Sugar
Coles Orange and Mango Juice - No Added Sugar
Coles Apple and Blackcurrant Juice - No Added Sugar
Coles Apple Juice - No Added Sugar
Coles Viten
Fernland Balance Orange Juice
Golden Circle Cloudy Apple Juice
Golden Circle Orange Juice
Golden Circle Pineapple Juice
Just Juice Apple
Just Juice Orange
McCoy Orange Juice
National Foods Edge
Quelch Just Squeezed Orange
Stefans Orange Juice
Soy Products
Soy Feast Soy & Corn Fritters
Extracts
Sanitarium Marmite
Kraft Vegemite
* approved pending folate fortification
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