Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Guide to Food Labelling and Advertising
Section VI: Nutrient Content Claims
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- General Principles:
- Definition
- Basis for Criteria -- Consistency
in Terminology and Use; Serving Size and Reference
Amount as Basis for Nutrient Content Claims
- Legal Basis
- Nutrition Information Required When a Claim is Made
- Synonyms
- Negative Claims -- Low,
Free; % (Name of the Nutrient) Free; Non-Addition
- Positive Claims -- Contains,
Good Source, Excellent Source, High, Very High; Protein;
Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients; Source of Nutrients; Fortified,
Enriched and Vitaminized
- Claims for Food Combinations
- Comparative Claims
- Light/Lite Claims -- Use
of "Light/Lite" to Describe a Food
- Lean and Extra Lean Claims -- Meat, Including Poultry Meat, Fish and Shellfish Products
(Other Than Ground Meat and Poultry); Ground (naming
the species) Meat Including Poultry Meat; Prepackaged
Meals for Use in a Weight Reduction Diet, or for Use in Achieving and Maintaining a
Healthy Body Weight
- Specific Nutrient Requirements:
- Energy -- How to Declare
Energy; Energy Claims; Summary Table of Energy Claims
- Protein and Amino Acids -- How to Declare Protein; Summary
Table of Protein and Amino Acid Claims
- Fat, Fatty Acids and Cholesterol -- How to Declare Fat, Fatty Acids and Cholesterol; Claims for Fatty Acids and Cholesterol; Summary Table of Fat Claims; Summary Table of Fatty Acid Claims; Summary Table of Cholesterol Claims
- Carbohydrate, Sweeteners and Dietary Fibre -- How to Declare Carbohydrate and Sweeteners; No Sugar Added, Unsweetened, Not Sweetened; Less Sweet, Lightly Sweetened; Sweet, Sweetened; Summary
Table of Carbohydrate Claims; Dietary Fibre and Novel
Fibre; Dietary Fibre Sources in the List of
Ingredients; Dietary Fibre Content Claims; Bran, Oat Bran, Corn Bran; Wheat Bran; Oat Bran;
Corn Bran; Rice Bran;
Summary Table of Dietary Fibre Claims; Information on Fibre Sources
- Sodium (Salt) and Potassium -- How to Declare Sodium and Potassium; Sodium and Potassium Claims; Salted; No Salt Added,
Unsalted; Less Salt, Lightly Salted; Summary Table of Sodium (Salt) Claims; Summary Table of Potassium Claims
- Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients -- How to Declare Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients; Nomenclature, Order of Listing, and Highlighting; Recommended Daily Intakes of Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients;
Minimum Vitamin and Mineral Nutrients for Making Claims
on Foods for Persons 2 Years of Age and Over; Minimum
Vitamin and Mineral Nutrients for Making Claims on Foods for Infants and Children Under
Two Years; Summary Table of Vitamin and Mineral
Nutrient Claims
- Compliance for Nutrient Content Declarations and Claims:
- General Principles
- Definitions
- Nutrient Definitions
- Methods of Analysis
- Tolerances for Nutrient Declaration
- Databases
- Use of the Canadian Nutrient File
- Commodity-Specific Compliance Policy for Nutrient Content
Declaration and Claims
- Calculating the Nutrients
- Energy -- Converting
Calories to Kilojoules; Examples of Energy Calculations;
Energy Values of Isomalt, Sugar Alcohols and Polydextrose;
Energy Value of Dietary Fibre; Energy Value of Bran
- Calculating Protein Rating
- Calculating Fat -- Calculating
Fatty Acids
- Calculating Carbohydrates -- Sugars;
Sugar Alcohols; Dietary
Fibre
- Calculating % Recommended Daily Intakes of Vitamins and
Mineral Nutrients
- Calculating Specific Vitamins -- Vitamin A; Vitamin D; Vitamin E; Vitamin C; Thiamine; Riboflavin; Niacin; Pyridoxine; Folacin; Vitamin B12; Pantothenic Acid
- Calculating Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients with no
Recommended Daily Intakes
- Annex 1 - ScheduleK (Reasonable Daily Intake)
- Annex 2 - Foods to Which Vitamins, Mineral Nutrients and
Amino Acids Can be Added
- Annex 3 - The Measurement of Nutrients in Canadian Foods
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