✨ Food standards, Nutrition claims




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 β€” 8 MAY 2015

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
Gluten Free The food must not contain:

(a) detectable gluten; or

(b) oats or oat products; or

(c) cereals containing gluten that have been malted, or products of such cereals. |
| | | Low | The food contains no more than 20 mg gluten/100 g of the food. |
|
Glycaemic Index* | (a) The food meets the NPSC, unless the food is a special purpose food; and

(b) the claim or the nutrition information panel includes the numerical value of the glycaemic index of the food. | Low | The numerical value of the glycaemic index of the food is 55 or below. |
| | | Medium | The numerical value of the glycaemic index of the food is at least 56 and does not exceed 69. |
| | | High | The numerical value of the
glycaemic index of the food is 70 or above. |
| Glycaemic load | The food meets the NPSC, unless the food is a special purpose food. | | |
| Lactose | The nutrition information panel indicates the lactose and galactose content. | Free | The food contains no detectable lactose. |
| | | Low | The food contains no more than 2 g of lactose/100 g of the food. |
| Mono-unsaturated fatty acids | The food contains, as a proportion of the total fatty acid content:

(a) no more than 28% saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; and

(b) no less than 40% monounsaturated fatty acids. | Increased | (a) The food contains at least 25% more monounsaturated fatty acids than in the same amount of reference food; and

(b) the reference food meets the general claim conditions for a nutrition content claim about monounsaturated fatty acids. |

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Food standards, Nutrition claims, Gluten, Glycaemic Index, Glycaemic load, Lactose, Fatty acids