Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00733:reg:4:p3
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Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 6132–8949

2.9.5—18 Compositional requirements for very low energy diets
 (1) A *very low energy food must, when consumed according to the manufacturer's directions for use, result in a diet that:
 (a) has an *average energy content of no less than 1880 kJ/day and no more than 3345 kJ/day; and
 (b) contains not less than 50 g of *available carbohydrates present within the average energy content required by paragraph (a); and
 (c) contains not less than 50 g protein per day with a nutritional quality equivalent to a protein digestibility corrected amino acid score of 1, present within the average energy content required by paragraph (a); and
 (d)  contains within the average energy content required by paragraph (a) not less than:
                   (i) 3 g of linoleic acid; and
                   (ii) 0.5 g of α-linolenic acid; and
 (e)  has a ratio of linoleic acid to α-linolenic acid of between 5 and 15; and
 (f) contains not less than the minimum amount per daily intake, as specified in column 2 of the table to section S29—22, of each nutrient listed in Column 1 of that table.
            (2) Despite subsection 2.9.5—6(2), L-amino acids listed in Column 2 of the table to section S29—20 may be added to a *very low energy food only in an amount necessary to improve protein quality.
            (3) For this section, protein digestibility corrected amino acid score means the score calculated and expressed in accordance with the method referred to on page 23 of the Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Protein Quality Evaluation, Bethesda, MD USA, 4-8 December 1989, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper No. 51, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, 1991.
2.9.5—19 Prohibition on health claims in relation to very low energy foods
             A *health claim must not be made about a *very low energy food.

Standard 2.9.6 – Transitional standard for special purpose foods (including amino acid modified foods)
[3.1] After subsection 2.9.6—3(3)
 Repeal the Note, substitute:
            (4) A provision of this Standard ceases to have effect in relation to a *very low energy food 3 years after the commencement of the Food Standards (Application A1230 – Very Low Energy Diets (VLED)) Variation.

Schedule 29 Special Purpose Foods
[4.1] After section S29—21
 Insert:
S29—22 Nutritional content requirements for a very low energy diet
  For paragraph 2.9.5—18(1)(f), the table is:

Amounts of nutrients in a very low energy diet

Column 1     Column 2
Nutrient     Minimum amount per daily intake
Vitamins
Vitamin A    600 µg retinol equivalents1
Vitamin D    2.5 µg
Vitamin E    10 mg α-tocopherol equivalents2
Vitamin C    30 mg
Vitamin B6   2 mg
Vitamin B12  1 µg
Niacin       11 mg niacin equivalents3
Riboflavin   1.2 mg
Thiamin      0.8 mg
Folic Acid   200 µg
Minerals