✨ Nutrition Content Claims
110 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 3 18 JANUARY 2013
SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
Conditions for nutrition content claims
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property of food | General claim conditions that must be met | Specific descriptor | Conditions that must be met if using specific descriptor in column 3 |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Saturated fatty acids | Free | (a) the food contains no detectable saturated fatty acids; and | |
| (b) the food contains no detectable trans fatty acids. | |||
| Low | The food contains no more saturated and trans fatty acids than -- | ||
| (a) 0.75 g per 100 mL for liquid food; or | |||
| (b) 1.5 g per 100 g for solid food. | |||
| Reduced or Light/Lite | The food contains -- | ||
| (a) at least 25% less saturated fatty acids than in the same quantity of reference food, and | |||
| (b) no more trans fatty acids than in the same quantity of reference food. | |||
| Low proportion | (a) the food contains as a proportion of the total fatty acid content, no more than 28% | ||
| saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; and | |||
| (b) the claim expressly states in words to the effect of 'low proportion of saturated fatty | |||
| acids of the total fatty acid content'. | |||
| Sugar or Sugars | % Free | The food meets the conditions for a nutrition content claim about low sugar. | |
| Low | The food contains no more sugars than -- | ||
| (a) 2.5 g per 100 mL for liquid food; or | |||
| (b) 5 g per 100 g for solid food. | |||
| Reduced or Light/Lite | The food contains at least 25% less sugars than in the same quantity of reference food. | ||
| No added | (a) the food contains no added sugars as standardised in clause 1 of Standard 2.8.1, honey, | ||
| malt, or malt extracts; and | |||
| (b) the food contains no added concentrated fruit juice or deionised fruit juice, unless the | |||
| food is standardised in Standards 2.6.1 or 2.6.2. |
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