Discussion:

1. The Liquid milk categories are based on fat content and are used for milks of all species (including human milk) and also for flavoured milks. Further detail on the latter could be recorded using Descriptor System terms. An alternative classification would be to categorise by species and (in a similar way to the suggestion for alcoholic content) to record the fat content through a descriptor. Should Eurocode be able to record the source species for liquid milk?

2. The categories 'Water ice', 'Granita' and 'Sorbet' are included here in the group for 'Milk and milk product' although they are more like sugar-based sweets or desserts. This was a decision taken at the Crete workshop held in 1991 [see Poortvliet, E.J., Klensin, J.C. & Kohlmeier, L. (1992). Rationale Document for the Eurocode Food Coding System. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 46 (Suppl. 5), S12]. The Food Categorization System for the Codex General Standard for Food Additives provides a separate group as 03.0  Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet without any sub-categories. If in the future the Eurocode main groups undergo major reorganisation, a separate group may be the best option. In the meantime, should these ices be moved and, if so, where? (There might also be an argument for placing them in the Beverages group since the fact that they are frozen might be considered incidental.)