✨ Food Standards
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 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 |
| Omega-3 fatty acids | (a) The food meets the conditions for a nutrition content claim about omega fatty acids; and | Good Source | (a) The food contains no less than 60 mg total eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid/serving; and |
| (b) the food contains no less than: |
(i) 200 mg alpha-linolenic acid per serving; or
(ii) 30 mg total eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid per serving; and | | (b) the food may contain less than 200 mg alpha-linolenic acid/serving. |
| | | Increased | (a) The food contains at least 25% more omega-3 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 omega-3 fatty acids. |
| | (c) other than for fish or fish products with no added saturated fatty acids, the food contains:
(i) as a proportion of the total fatty acid content, no more than 28% saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; or
(ii) no more saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids than 5 g per 100 g; and | | |
| | (d) the nutrition information panel indicates the type and amount of omega-3 fatty acids, that is, alpha-linolenic acid, docosahexaenoic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid, or a combination of the above. | | |
| Omega-6 fatty acids | (a) The food meets the conditions for a nutrition content claim about omega fatty acids; and | Increased | (a) The food contains at least 25% more omega-6 fatty acids than in the same amount of reference food; and |
| | (b) the food contains, as a proportion of the total fatty acid content:
(i) no more than 28% *saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; and
(ii) no less than 40% omega-6 fatty acids. | | (b) the reference food meets the general claim conditions for a nutrition content claim about omega-6 fatty acids. |
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