Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 1Food Groups
| Food Group | Foods included in group |
|---|---|
| A. Fruit and vegetables | Fruit and vegetables of all types, whether fresh, frozen or dried. Fruit canned in water or juice. Vegetables canned in water or juice. Fruit salad, fresh or canned in water or juice. Fruit juice and vegetable juice. |
| B. Meat, fish and other non dairy sources of protein | Meat and fish (in each case whether fresh, frozen, canned or dried), eggs, nuts, pulses and beans, other than green beans. Ham and bacon. Other non-dairy sources of protein. Any food containing meat together with food from groups A, D or E, but excluding any meat product falling within group C. |
C. Meat products (sub-divided as shown) | Any meat product falling within Schedule 2 to the Meat Products Regulations, and any other shaped or coated meat product. C1: Burger, hamburger, chopped meat, corned meat. C2: Sausage, sausage meat, link, chipolata, luncheon meat. C3: Individual meat pie, meat pudding, Melton Mowbray pie, game pie, Scottish (or Scotch) pie, pasty or pastie, bridie, sausage roll. C4: Any other shaped or coated meat product. |
| D. Starchy foods | All types of bread, pasta, noodles, rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, millet and cornmeal. |
| E. Milk and dairy foods | Milk (skimmed, semi-skimmed or lactose-reduced), cheese, yoghurt (including frozen), fromage frais and custard; but not butter or cream. |
F. Drinks (sub-divided as shown) | F1: Plain drinks: Plain water (still or carbonated). Milk (skimmed, semi-skimmed or lactose-reduced). Fruit juice or vegetable juice. Plain soya, rice or oat drinks enriched with calcium. Plain fermented milk drinks. F2: Combination drinks: Combinations of fruit juice or vegetable juice with— (i) plain water, in which case the fruit juice or vegetable juice must be at least 50% by volume and may contain vitamins and minerals; (ii) milk (skimmed, semi-skimmed or lactose-reduced) or plain fermented milk drinks (in each case with or without plain water) in which case the milk or fermented milk drink must be at least 50% by volume and may contain vitamins, minerals and less than 5% added sugars or honey; (iii) plain soya, rice or oat drink (in each case with or without plain water) in which case the soya, rice or oat drink must be at least 50% by volume and may contain vitamins, minerals and less than 5% added sugars or honey. Combinations of milk (skimmed, semi-skimmed or lactose-reduced), plain fermented milk drinks or plain soya, rice or oat drinks (in each case with or without plain water) with cocoa, in which case the milk, fermented milk drink, soya, rice or oat drink must be at least 50% by volume and may contain vitamins, minerals and less than 5% added sugars or honey. Flavoured milk (skimmed, semi-skimmed or lactose-reduced) containing not less than 90% milk by volume and which may contain vitamins, minerals and less than 5% added sugars or honey. Tea, coffee. Hot chocolate containing no more than 20 calories per 100 millilitres. |