Table A1.

Formatting requirements for successful disaggregation of a statement of ingredients.

Required Format for Statements of Ingredients	Example Product Name	Example Ingredient List
General
Statements of ingredients must contain a maximum of one colon (‘:’), as two or more colons indicate a multi-pack product	Arnott’s Sao Biscuits	Biscuits: wheat flour|vegetable oil|salt|yeast|malt extract (from barley)|sugar|baking powder|emulsifier (soy lecitihin)|antioxidant (e307b from soy)
Statements of ingredients must contain an equal number of opening bracket (‘[’) and/or parentheses (‘(’) as closing brackets (‘]’) and/or parentheses (‘)’)	Mountain Bread Corn Wraps	Pork|water|cure [salt|sugar|mineral salts (451|450)|antioxidant (316)|preservative (250)]
Main ingredients
Ingredients are separated by a comma (‘,’) or a pipe delimiter (‘|’)	McKenzie’s Italian Style Soup Mix	Peas|beans|lentils
Ingredient weight percentages are included directly after the ingredient in parentheses (‘()’)	Val Verde Traditional Pasta Sauce	Tomatoes (96.6%)|onion|salt|onion powder|acidity regulator (citric acid (330))
Sub-ingredients
Sub-ingredients are indicated using brackets (‘[]’) or parentheses (‘()’) directly after the compound ingredient	Mountain Bread Corn Wraps	Corn flour (70%)|wheat flour (flour|folate|thiamin)|filtered water|iodised salt
Each sub-ingredient is separated by a comma (‘,’) or a pipe delimiter (‘|’)