- Biscuits including wafer biscuits shall be made from maida, vanaspati or refined edible oil or table butter or desi butter or margarine or ghee or their mixture containing any one or more of the following ingredients, namely:—
Edible common salt, butter, milk powder, cereals and their products, cheese cocoa, coffee extract, edible desiccated coconut, dextrose, fruit and fruits products, dry fruit and nuts, egg, edible vegetable products, ginger, gluten groundnut flour, milk and milk products, honey, liquid glucose, malt products, edible oilseeds, flour and meals, spices and condiments, edible starches such as potato starch and edible flours, sugar and sugar products, invert sugar, jaggery, protein concentrates, oligofructose (max 15%) vinegar and other nutrients and vitamins:
Provided that it may contain food additives specified in these regulations inclulding Appendix A:
Provided further that it may contain artificial sweetener as provided in regulation 3.1.3 of these regulationsand label declaration as provided in regulation 2.4.5 (24, 25, 26, 28 & 29) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011.
Provided also that it shall conform to following standards, namely:—- ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid (on dry basis) – shall not be more than 0.1 per cent
- acidity of extracted fat (as oleic acid) – not exceeding 1.5 per cent
It may contain Oligofructose (dietary fibres) upto 15% maximum subject to label declaration under Regulation (43) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011.
- BREAD whether sold as white bread or wheat bread or fancy or fruity bread or bun or masala bread or milk bread or of any other name, shall mean the product prepared from a mixture of wheat atta, maida, water, salt, yeast or other fermentive medium containing one or more of the following ingredients, namely:—
Condensed milk, milk powder (whole or skimmed), whey, curd, gluten, sugar, gur or jaggery, khandsari, honey, liquid glucose, malt products, edible starches and flour, edible groundnut flour, edible soya flour, protein concentrates and isolates, vanaspati, margarine or refined edible oil of suitable type or butter or ghee or their mixture, albumin, lime water, lysine, vitamins, spices and condiments or their extracts, fruit and fruit product (Candied and crystallized or glazed), nuts, nut products , oligofructose (max 15%) and vinegar:
Provided that it may also contain food additives specified in these regulations including Appendix A:
Provided further that it may also contain artificial sweetener as provided in regulation 3.1.3 of this regulation and label declaration in Regulation 2.4.5 (24, 25, 26, 28 & 29) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011
Provided also that it shall conform to the following standards, namely:—- alcoholic acidity (with 90 per cent alcohol) – Shall be not more than equivalent of 7.5 ml. N NaOH per 100 g of dried substances
- ash insoluble in dilute HCL on dry weight basis —
- bread except masala bread or fruit bread – Not more than 0.1 per cent
- masala bread or fruit bread – Not more than 0.2 per cent
Provided also that it shall be free from dirt, insect and insect fragments, larvae, rodent hairs and added colouring matter except any permitted food colours present as a carry over colour in accordance with the provision in regulation 3.1.17, in raw material used in the products.
It may contain Oligofructose (dietary fibres) upto 15% maximum subject to label declaration under labelling regulation 2.4.5 (43) of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations, 2011.
HJ says
If ‘condensed milk’ is used as an ingredient in any biscuit, how to write it under ingredients ?
just writing condensed milk will do or we shall specify sweetened, evaporated, unsweetened, etc. ?
Is it required to give instructions like ‘suitable or not suitable for infants, etc.’?
Please answer to this query and help understand.
Thank You !
FSH Team says
In the list of ingredients, write – Milk Solids.
Nolan Sequeira says
Is whey powder permitted in digestives biscuits as it is a byproduct of milk?
Dr. Saurabh Arora says
Whey powder is a standardises product under the Food Safety and Standards Act. http://foodsafetyhelpline.com/2013/03/whey-products/ and the definition of biscuits is given here http://foodsafetyhelpline.com/2013/03/bakery-products/ Whey is not explicitly mentioned as being allowed in biscuits but as it is a standardized food it should be allowed as long a product meets the standard.
Falgun says
I manufacture biscuits outside India, and would like to import into India through distributors. Where can I find a conscise list of allowed ingredients and clear packaging mandatories? Pls. advice.
FSH Team says
Your food product needs to meet the requirements as per FSS (Food Products Standards & Food Additives) Regulations, 2011. The labelling has to be done as per the FSS (Packaging & Labelling) Regulations, 2011. You can write to us if in case you need individual consultation. Send us a mail on [email protected]
Devendra kumar says
Is it mandatory to place manufacturing stickers on cakes, brownie & chocolog
Dr. Saurabh Arora says
Yes if they are packaged.