New Zealand Gazette – 2000 – No. 170

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✨ Nutrition Information Panel Regulations

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5 Prescribed declarations in a nutrition information panel

(1) A nutrition information panel must include the following particulars -
(a) the number of servings of the food in the package; and
(b) the average quantity of the food in a serving expressed, in the case of a solid or semi-solid food, in grams or, in the case of a beverage or other liquid food, in millilitres; and
(c) the unit quantity of the food; and
(d) the average energy content, expressed in kilojoules or both in kilojoules and in Calories (kilocalories), of a serving of the food and of the unit quantity of the food; and
(e) subject to clause 12, the average quantity, expressed in grams of, protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate and sugars, in a serving of the food and in a unit quantity of the food; and
(f) the average quantity, expressed in milligrams or both milligrams and millimoles, of sodium in a serving of the food and in the unit quantity of the food; and
(g) the name and the average quantity of any other nutrient or biologically active substance in respect of which a nutrition claim is made, expressed in grams, milligrams or micrograms or other units as appropriate, that is in a serving of the food and in the unit quantity of the food;

set out, unless otherwise prescribed in this Code, in the following format -

NUTRITION INFORMATION
Servings per package: (insert number of servings)
Serving size: g (or mL or other units as appropriate)	Quantity per Serving	Quantity per 100 g (or 100 mL)
Energy	kJ (Cal)	kJ (Cal)
Protein	g	g
Fat, total	g	g
- saturated	g	g
Carbohydrate, total	g	g
- sugars	g	g
Sodium	mg (mmol)	mg (mmol)
(insert any other nutrient or biologically active substance to be declared)	g, mg, µg (or other units as appropriate)	g, mg, µg (or other units as appropriate)

(2) A nutrition information panel must clearly indicate that –
(a) the average quantities set out in the panel are average quantities; and
(b) any minimum and maximum quantities set out in the panel are minimum and maximum quantities.

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