7/1/2023 0 Comments Cooking companions explainedThese would be declared as 'fruit', 'vegetables', 'herbs', etc in the ingredients list and no QUID given. Mixtures of fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, spices or herbs where the amounts of each are likely to vary but no one ingredient dominates. However, the amount of garlic present in the product will not affect a consumer's decision to purchase one product over another and, therefore, no QUID is required. Garlic appears in the name of the product and so would normally need a QUID. In this example the herbs will be present in very small quantities to impart flavour and so will not need a QUID.Įven though the ingredient appears in the name of the food, the amount that is present will not govern consumer choice. For example, 'Chopped tomatoes with basil and oregano'. The ingredient is used in small quantities for flavouring purposes. In certain circumstances ingredients will not need a QUID even though they meet the criteria above. The above are referred to as 'QUID triggers' in this guidance. The products may look identical and be priced similarly, so the QUID declaration allows consumers to make an easy comparison between the two products. For example, two brands of tomato ketchup, made up of 50% tomato and 30% tomato respectively. If you did not provide a QUID, the customer might not be able to distinguish it from products with a similar name or appearance. For example, a strawberry and banana smoothie that has a picture of apples on the packaging would need a QUID for the strawberry, the banana and the apple. This applies to emphasis in any form, which means that the name of the ingredient (other than in the ingredients list), descriptions of the ingredient, pictures of the ingredient, etc would all trigger the need to provide a QUID. The ingredient is emphasised in some way on the product. Examples include beef mince in spaghetti Bolognese and kidney beans in chilli con carne. If people think of a certain ingredient as being common to the product, then you must provide a QUID for it. The ingredient is commonly associated with the food by consumers. This applies to all types of name (fancy, customary, descriptive, etc see ' Labelling of prepacked foods: product name'). The ingredient appears in the name of the food. Ingredients will require a QUID in the following circumstances. 'Ingredients: Peanut (95%), Brown Cane Sugar, Palm Oil, Sea Salt'.The QUID must either be given immediately after the ingredient appears in the name of the food or, more commonly, in brackets immediately after the ingredient appears in the ingredients list. QUID is an indication of how much of the finished product is made up of a certain ingredient it is always expressed as a percentage. Quantitative ingredient declarationĬertain ingredients will need a quantitative ingredient declaration (QUID). For more information see ' Labelling of non-prepacked foods' and ' Labelling of prepacked-for-direct-sale foods' it is important to understand the differences between the three types. The definition of prepacked does not cover food sold without packaging, or food packed on the sales premises at the consumer's request (both referred to as non-prepacked) nor does it apply to food that is sold from the premises on which it was packed, or from a mobile stall or vehicle used by the packer (referred to as 'prepacked for direct sale'). 'Prepacked food' is defined in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers as "… food and the packaging into which it was put before being offered for sale, whether such packaging encloses the food completely or only partially, but in any event in such a way that the contents cannot be altered without opening or changing the packaging …". However, foods that contain meat are also subject to QUID requirements when they are non-prepacked or prepacked for direct sale. This guidance relates to prepacked food only. Although the United Kingdom has left the European Union (EU), certain pieces of legislation (formally known as 'retained EU law') will still apply until such time as they are replaced by new UK legislation this means that you will still see references to EU regulations in our guidance.
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