What is confectionery?
Confectionery includes chocolates, carob and yoghurt based confectionery, and all types of lollies such as boiled lollies, cough lollies, liquorice, lollies made from fruit juice, and jelly lollies. All confectionery falls into the RED category. Foods containing confectionery, such as chocolate chips, sprinkles and icing, cannot be registered and are therefore RED. The Star Choice Buyers’ Guide may help to determine whether or not a food falls into the AMBER category.
Confectionery includes chocolates, carob and yoghurt based confectionery, and all types of lollies such as boiled lollies, cough lollies, liquorice, lollies made from fruit juice, and jelly lollies. All confectionery falls into the RED category of the Smart Choices Food and Drink Spectrum. However, foods containing confectionery, such as chocolate chip cookies, muffins or snack bars, may not fall into the RED category. These foods need to be assessed against the appropriate category in the ‘Occasional’ food and drink criteria table on page 15 in Smart Choices.
