Where in the Code are the regulations that allow vitamins and minerals to be added to food?
Most of the vitamin and mineral permissions can be found in Standard 1.3.2 – Vitamins and Minerals. There are other standards that also include requirements and permissions for adding vitamins and minerals to specific foods. For example, Standard 2.1.1 – Cereals and Cereal Products requires the addition of thiamin and folic acid to wheat flour for making bread (Australia only) and the replacement of salt with iodised salt in bread. Also Standard 2.4.2 – Edible Oils Spreads requires the addition of vitamin D to margarines and oil spreads (Australia only), and Standard 2.6.4 – Formulated Caffeinated Beverages permits manufacturers to voluntarily add certain vitamins to formulated caffeinated beverages. Standard 2.6.2 permits manufacturers to voluntarily add fluoride to bottled water. Permission to add calcium to chewing gum(<0.2% residual sugars) is contained in Standard 2.10.3 – Chewing Gum. There are also standards in Part 2.9 of the Code that permit or require vitamins and minerals to
