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................................................... NUTRITION LABELLING INFORMATION FOR FOOD BUSINESSES ................................................... Nutrition Labelling Requirements under the Food Information to Consumers Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 Typical Values Per 100g/ml Energy kJ/kcal Fat g of which The Food Information to Consumers Regulation (EU) Supplementary Information saturates g monounsaturates g No. 1169/2011 came into effect in 2011 with the majority • Nutrients highlighted in red are the only polyunsaturates g ones that can be added to the declaration. Carbohydrates g of the requirements of the legislation applying to • If added they must be in the order shown. of which sugars g pre-packed foods on 13 December 2014. • Declaring one supplementary nutrient does polyols g starch g not mean you have to declare them all. From 13 December 2016 mandatory nutrition declarations • Nutrition claims should not be displayed Fibre g for most pre-packed foods* will apply. This means that in this table. Protein g if you sell pre-packed food then you must include the • Vitamins and minerals must be declared as % reference intake per 100g and only Salt g following information on the package or on the label. if in significant amounts. (Significant amounts specified in Annex XIII). Vitamins and Minerals Units specified in Annex XIII Mandatory Requirements Minimum requirements Additional Information • Values must be displayed as per 100g/ml of food. Typical Values Per 100g/ml Rules for per portion or per consumption unit: Rules for % Reference Intake (% RI): • Energy must be displayed as kJ/kcal. • This information can be provided • % RI is presented as 100g/ml per portion Energy kJ/kcal as well as but not instead of or per consumption unit or both. • Information must be displayed in this order per 100g/ml. in tabular format (if space on the label does Fat g • If % RI involves the mandatory nutrients not allow for tabular format then linear of which saturates g • Per Portion or Per Consumption amount it must be based on Annex XIII – Part B. format is permitted). of product is decided by the food • % RI presented as per 100g/ml then the Carbohydrates g business operator. • If the product contains no added salt a of which sugars g statement “reference intake of average statement indicating ‘naturally occurring • Total amount of portions in product adult (8400kJ/2000kcal)” must appear sodium’ may appear in close proximity to Protein g must be clearly displayed. in close proximity. the nutrition declaration, e.g. ‘This product contains no added salt. Salt content is due Salt g to naturally occurring sodium.’ * For a list of foodstuffs which do not require nutrition declarations, please refer to Annex V of the Food Information For further information visit: to Consumers Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-guidance-on-nutrition-labelling Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling EU Regulation No. 1169/2011 allows voluntary • Number of portions and size of portions repetition on pre-packed food labels of must be clearly displayed. those elements of the mandatory nutrition • % RI can also be displayed provided the declaration that are of key importance statement “reference intake of an average for public health. The aim is to provide adult (8400kJ/2000 kcal)” appears. consumers with at-a-glance nutrition information, so that they can make • Additional forms of expression e.g. informed food choices and can balance colour coding are allowed if they meet their diets and control their energy intake. requirements set out in Article 35 of EU Key Information for using FoP Labelling: Regulation No. 1169/2011. • Front of Pack (FoP) nutrition labelling is voluntary information. • FoP can be declared as energy only or energy plus: fat, saturates, sugar and salt. • Energy must always be declared as kJ/kcal per 100g/ml. Email: infofsani@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk Phone: 028 9041 7700 facebook.com/FSAinNI twitter.com/FSAinNI For further information visit: www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-guidance-on-nutrition-labelling
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