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Generate a country of origin label for your food product
Place of sale
Will the food product be sold in Australia at one or more of the below?
- A physical store or market
- Online
- A vending machine
In this tool, food means anything that can be consumed by humans. That includes chewing gum.
It does not include pet food.
A label is required for most food sold in retail settings. Retail settings include stores, markets, vending machines and online.
A label isn’t required for food that is sold for immediate consumption. For example, by a:
- restaurant
- takeaway
- food truck
- canteen
- caterer.
Will the product be sold in the same premises where it was made and packed?
A label isn’t required for food sold in the same premises it was made and packed. For example, bread sold at the bakery it was made.
Packaging and food type
Will the product be sold in a packet or package?
A packet or package is a container or wrapper in which food for sale is fully or partly encased, covered, enclosed, contained or packaged. For example, a bag, bottle, can, jar, box or wrapper.
Where was the product packed?
What type of food is it?
If you're not sure what type of food your product is, see our definitions of country of origin labelling terms.
What type of food is it?
Country of origin
Where was the product grown, produced or made?
A food is grown or produced in a country if both:
- all of its significant ingredients were grown or otherwise obtained in that country
- all (or virtually all) of its processing occurred in that country.
An ingredient is significant if it is important to the nature or function of the food, even if it only makes up a small proportion of the product.
A food is made in a country if it was last substantially transformed in that country.
Substantial transformation is any process where the end product is fundamentally different from its ingredients.
For example, a cake is fundamentally different from its ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and butter. This means the cake has been substantially transformed.
Minor processing that only changes the form or appearance of a food or ingredient is not substantial transformation. Some examples of minor processing are:
- cleaning
- shelling
- slicing
- freezing
- canning
- bottling
- crumbing
- seasoning
- marinating
- reconstituting
- roasting
- packing, packaging or re-packaging.
Your labelling requirements
Based on your answers, you need to display country of origin information on your product.
You have 2 options for your label. You can use either of these options for your product.
Your labelling requirements
Based on your answers, you need to display country of origin information on your product.
You have 2 options for your label. You can use either of these options for your product.
Your labelling requirements
Based on your answers, a 3-component standard mark can be used on your food product.
The standard mark has the kangaroo logo, text and a bar chart showing the percentage of Australian ingredients.
Your labelling requirements
Based on your answers, a 2-component standard mark can be used on your food product.
The standard mark has text and a bar chart showing the percentage of Australian ingredients.
Your labelling requirements
Based on your answers, your product requires a country of origin statement.
This must say where the product was grown, produced, made (last substantially transformed) or packed. 
Was the product exported from Australia for processing and then re-imported to Australia?
What kind of processing was conducted on the product overseas before it was re-imported to Australia?
Minor processing means processing that only changes the form or appearance of a food or ingredient. For example:
- cleaning
- shelling
- slicing
- freezing
- canning
- bottling
- crumbing
- seasoning
- marinating
- reconstituting
- roasting
- packing, packaging or re-packaging.
If non-Australian ingredients are added during minor processing overseas, the food product can’t claim to be grown, produced or made in Australia.
A food has been substantially transformed if the end product is fundamentally different from its ingredients.
For example, a cake is fundamentally different from its ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and butter. This means the cake has been substantially transformed.
What percentage of the ingredients is Australian?
An ingredient that was exclusively grown or produced in Australia.
Find out how to calculate the percentage of Australian ingredients.
Round the result down to the nearest whole percentage. For example, 99.5% becomes 99%.
What percentage of the ingredients is Australian?
An ingredient that was exclusively grown or produced in Australia.
Find out how to calculate the percentage of Australian ingredients.
Round the result down to the nearest whole percentage. For example, 99.5% becomes 99%.
What percentage of the ingredients is Australian?
An ingredient that was exclusively grown or produced in Australia.
Find out how to calculate the percentage of Australian ingredients.
Round the result down to the nearest whole percentage. For example, 99.5% becomes 99%.
Is the percentage of Australian ingredients in this product always the same?
If the percentage of Australian ingredients varies, your label can show the average percentage of Australian ingredients.