Food Services - Competitive Food Sales Policy, Table I

Categories of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value Per Federal Regulations 7 CFR 210.2 AND 220.2, 1980

1. Soda Water: As defined by 21 CFR 145.175 Food and Drug Administration Regulations except that artificial sweeteners are an ingredient that is included in this definition.
   
2. Water Ices: As defined by 21 CFR 135.160 Food and Drug Administration Regulations except that water ices which contain fruit or fruit juices are not included in this definition.
   
3. Chewing Gum: Flavored products from natural or synthetic gums and other ingredients which form an insoluble base for chewing.
   
4. Certain Candies: Processed foods made predominantly from sweeteners or artificial sweeteners with a variety of minor ingredients which characterize the following types:
   
   • Hard Candy: A produce made predominantly from sugar (sucrose) and corn syrup which may be flavored and colored, is characterized by a hard, brittle texture, and includes such items as sour balls, fruit balls, candy sticks, lollipops, starlight mints, after dinner mints, sugar wafers, rock candy, cinnamon candies, breath mints, jaw breakers and cough drops.
     
   • Jellies and Gums: A mixture of carbohydrates which are combined to form a stable gelatinous system of jelly-like character, and are generally flavored and colored, and include gum drops, jelly beans, jellied and fruit-flavored slices.
     
   • Marshmallow Candies: An aerated confection composed of sugar, corn syrup, invert sugar, 20 percent water, and gelatin or egg white to which flavors and colors may be added.
     
   • Fondant: A product consisting of microscopic-sized sugar crystals which are separated by a thin film of sugar and/or invert sugar in solution such as candy corn, soft mints.
     
   • e. Licorice: A product made predominantly from sugar and corn syrup which is flavored with an extract made from the licorice root.
     
   • f. Spun Candy: A product that is made from sugar that has been boiled at high temperature and spun at a high speed on a special machine.
     
   • g. Candy Coated Popcorn: Popcorn which is coated with a mixture made predominantly from sugar and corn syrup

NOTE: The Torres legislation defines nutritious foods while the federal regulations define non-nutritious foods.