✨ Nutrition Content Claims




18 JANUARY 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 3 111

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
Sugar or Sugars (continued) Unsweetened (a) the food meets the conditions for a nutrition content claim about no added sugar; and
(b) the food contains no intense sweeteners, sorbitol, mannitol, glycerol, xylitol, isomalt, maltitol syrup or lactitol.
Trans fatty acids Free The food contains no detectable trans fatty acids, and contains --
(a) no more than 0.75 g saturated fatty acids per 100 mL of liquid food or 1.5 g saturated fatty acids per 100 g of solid food; or
(b) no more than 28% saturated fatty acids as a proportion of the total fatty acid content.
Reduced or Light/Lite The food contains --
(a) at least 25% less trans fatty acids than in the same quantity of reference food, and
(b) no more saturated fatty acids than in the same quantity of reference food.
Vitamin or mineral (not including potassium or sodium) (a) the vitamin or mineral is mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to Standard 1.1.1; and
(b) a serving of the food contains at least 10% of the RDI or ESADDI for that vitamin or mineral; and
(c) a claim is not for more of the particular vitamin or mineral than the maximum claimable amount as prescribed by clause 4 or clause 5 of Standard 1.3.2; and
(d) the food is not a food standardised by Standard 2.6.4, Standard 2.9.2, Standard 2.9.3 or Standard 2.9.4. Good source A serving of the food contains no less than 25% of the RDI or ESADDI for that vitamin or mineral.


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πŸ₯ Conditions for nutrition content claims (continued from previous page)

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Food Standards, Nutrition Claims, Sugar, Trans Fatty Acids, Vitamins, Minerals