How To Use Raw Material

 About labeling of raw materials

The most common names are displayed in order from the one with the highest weight ratio to the raw materials used.

How to display composite raw materials

A composite raw material is a raw material consisting of two or more types of raw materials.

For example, when using "mayonnaise" as a raw material, "mayonnaise" is made from edible vegetable oils, vinegar, egg yolk, etc., so this "mayonnaise" is a composite raw material.

When using a composite raw material, put parentheses after the composite raw material name, and display the raw material names in the composite raw material in order from the one with the highest weight ratio to the raw material of the composite raw material example When edible vegetable oil, egg yolk, brewed vinegar, spices, salt, and sugar mayonnaise are purchased and used as raw materials.

About omission of labeling of raw materials for composite raw materials

When there are three or more types of raw materials for composite raw materials, the ratio of the weight of the composite raw materials to the raw materials is the third or lower in descending order.

In addition, raw materials whose ratio is less than 5% can be displayed as "Other". example

When edible vegetable oil, egg yolk, brewed vinegar, spices, salt, and sugar mayonnaise are purchased and used as raw materials.(Spice, salt and sugar account for less than 5% of mayonnaise)

When the composite raw material can be divided and displayedWhen using a composite raw material that does not significantly change the properties of the raw material, such as simply mixing, the constituent raw materials can be displayed separately.If the composite raw material can be displayed separately, it will be judged comprehensively based on the following conditions.

When using multiple raw materials of the same type.When consumers recognize the same kind of raw materials such as "vegetables", "seafood", and "sugars" and use multiple kinds of raw materials, the same kind of raw materials are put together. In some cases, it may be easier for consumers to understand.In such cases, characters such as "vegetables", "seafood", and "sugars" are used based on the provisions of 2-1 of the raw material names in the table of Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Food Labeling Standards (external site). You can put parentheses after the to display them all together.

example

When displaying vegetables together by the name of the raw material of pasta sauce. In the case of this example, only those using raw or frozen vegetables as raw materials can be displayed together with "vegetables", and for tomato paste,Not included in the summary display of "vegetables". In addition, it is not possible to extract only some of the "vegetables" and display them all together, or to display some of the vegetables as "others".

When composed of multiple processed foods.For products composed of multiple processed foods such as natto, attached natto and attached mustard, the raw materials and additives used in this product are listed in the table of Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Food Labeling Standards. It is possible to display all processed foods together based on the provisions of item 2-2 of the raw material name and item 2 of the additive. example Natto products consisting of "natto + attached sauce + attached mustard" In such a case, if you want to display the 5th raw material, it is necessary to display the 3rd and 4th raw materials in order of weight without grouping them as "Other", and then display them.

 Organic agricultural products with a rating indication (organic JAS mark) pursuant to the provisions of Article 10.  Refers to those stipulated in Article 3. The same shall apply hereinafter.), Organic livestock products (Japanese Agricultural Standards for Organic Livestock Products (2005 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Notification) No. 1608) Refers to those stipulated in Article 3. The same shall apply hereinafter) or organic processed foods (Japanese Agricultural Standards for Organic Processed Foods) When the raw material is specified, the same shall apply hereinafter), it is possible to indicate that the raw material is an organic agricultural product, an organic livestock product or an organic processed food based on the provisions of Article 7 of the Food Labeling Standards. I will.

Please contact the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for what kind of agricultural products or processed foods correspond to organic agricultural products or organic processed foods.

1 As a general rule, the labeling of additives will be provided in the item column of additives, and will be displayed in order from the one with the highest weight ratio to the additives.

In addition, when displaying without providing the item column of the additive, it is necessary to clearly distinguish it from the raw material name in the item column of the raw material name, and it is not displayed at the end in the parentheses of the composite raw material. It must be labeled at the end together with other additives used in the food (additives other than those used in composite ingredients).