Convenience Food classes include Soups, Salads and Side Dishes, Main Meals and Snack Foods.

All meals, soups, salads and side dishes must be ready to serve, or heat and serve.
Snack foods must be ready to eat.

All exhibits (excluding Chocolate and Confectionery) must meet the requirement that at least 50% of the ingredients by weight are grown and processed in Australia.

Packaging and labelling requirement
Product name or product description must include characterising ingredients.
All sample packs must display a Use By date or Best Before date and, where appropriate, a batch and dispatch number. Any sample entered without the display of a Use By date or Best Before date will be withdrawn.

Quantities to be Submitted
Soups, Salads, Side Dishes & Main Meals: 2 packs x 200 g minimum each
Snack Foods: 3 packs x 100 g minimum each

Cooking and preparation
Where heating is required, convenience meals, side dishes and soups will be heated in a microwave or oven for one to several minutes. Please include heating instructions where applicable.
No bread, additional sauces, cheeses or flavourings or other accompaniment will be used. 
Convenience foods may have separate components ready to combine but packaged as a single unit.

Judging Criteria
Appearance	20
Fit for purpose	20
Flavour	40
Aroma	20
Maximum total	100