List of foods and food products approved to carry a folate/neural tube defects health claim.
(October 2010)
In 1998, the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Ministerial 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.
Current provisions for this health claim reside in Standard 1.1A.2 – Transitional Standard – Health Claims. The table to subclause 3 (e) in Standard 1.1A.2 states that foods and food products which satisfy the nutritional eligibility criteria for the folate/neural tube defects health claim include:
- Primary foods as defined in Standard 1.3.2, which must contain at least 40 micrograms of folate in each serving (as specified in the nutrition information panel); and
- Processed foods, which 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.
This Standard operates as a transitional standard to the proposed health claims standard, which is currently under development. Further information on the proposed health claims standard is available at: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumerinformation/labellingoffood/nutritionhealthandrelatedclaims/ .
LIST OF APPROVED FOODS AND FOOD PRODUCTS
NOTE: This list includes all foods and food products approved as at 30 September 2010
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
Tip Top English Muffins
Tip Top Hyfibe White Muffins
Tip Top Multigrain 9 Grain Muffins
Tip Top Multigrain Muffins
Tip Top The White Stuff Muffins
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 Toby’s Lite Start Breakfast Bars
Uncle Toby’s 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 (sourced from Berri Ltd)
Coles Orange and Mango Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Ltd)
Coles Apple and Blackcurrant Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Ltd)
Coles Apple Juice - No Added Sugar (sourced from Berri Ltd)
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
Quelch Just Squeezed Orange
Stefans Orange Juice
Soy Products
Soy Feast Soy & Corn Fritters
Extracts
Sanitarium Marmite
Kraft Vegemite
Supplementary Foods
National Foods Edge
* approved pending folate fortification
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