Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Food Regulations

Schedule 1

FIRST SCHEDULERegulation 5(4)(b)PERMITTED USE OF GENERIC TERMS IN THE DECLARATION OF INGREDIENTS The following substances may be designated by generic terms in the list of ingredients:First column Second columnSubstance Generic Terms1.Any type of caseinate Caseinate2.Any type of cheese or mixture of cheese, where the labelling and presentation of the food does not refer to a specific type of cheese Cheese3.Pressed, expeller or refined cocoa butter Cocoa butter4.Any colouring Colouring or colouring matter5.Any crystallised fruit or mixture of crystallised fruits not exceeding 10% of the weight of the food Crystallised fruit6.Anhydrous dextrose and dextrose monohydrate Dextrose or glucose7.Any of the following gums:Acacia, carob, gellan, ghatti, guar, karaya, tara, tragacanth and xanthan gums Edible gum8.Any emulsifier or stabiliser Emulsifier/stabiliser or emulsifying/stabilising agent9.Any refined fat, other than pork fat, lard and beef fat Animal fat or vegetable fat, as applicable10.Any species of fish, where the labelling and presentation of the food does not refer to a specific species of fish Fish11.Any flavouring Flavour or flavouring, qualified by the words “natural”, “nature identical” or “artificial”, or a combination of any of these words, if applicable12.Any herb, part of a herb or mixture of herbs not exceeding 2% by weight either singly or in combination in the food Herbs or mixed herbs as applicable13.Any type of imitation cream Imitation cream14.Any milk product containing a minimum of 50% milk protein (mass/mass) in dry matter Milk protein15.Any of the following modified starches:Dextrin roasted starch, acid‑treated starch, alkaline‑treated starch, bleached starch, oxidised starch, enzyme-treated starch, monostarch phosphate, distarch phosphate, phosphated distarch phosphate, acetylated distarch phosphate, starch acetate, acetylated distarch adipate, hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate, starch sodium octenyl succinate and acetylated oxidised starch Modified starch16.Any type of poultry meat, where the labelling and presentation of the food does not refer to a specific type of poultry meat Poultry meat17.Any spice or mixture of spices or spice extracts not exceeding 2% by weight, either singly or in combination in the food Spice, spices or mixed spices as applicable18.Any type of starch, other than any chemically modified starch Starch19.Sucrose Sugar20.Any deodorised edible vegetable oil that is fully hydrogenated or not hydrogenated, when forming an ingredient of any food other than edible fats and oils Vegetable oil or vegetable fat, qualified by the words “fully hydrogenated”, if applicable[S 92/2025 wef 30/01/2026]