✨ Nutrition Content Claims
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 |
| Saturated and trans fatty acids | Low | The food contains no more saturated and trans fatty acids than: |
(a) 0.75 g/100 mL for liquid food; or
(b) 1.5 g/100 g for solid food. |
| | | Reduced or Light/Lite | (a) The food contains at least 25% less saturated and trans fatty acids than in the same amount of reference food; and
(b) both saturated and trans fatty acids are reduced relative to the same amount 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 and trans fatty acids of total fatty acid content'. |
| 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/100 mL for liquid food; or
(b) 1.5 g/100 g for solid food. |
| | | Reduced or Light/Lite | The food contains:
(a) at least 25% less saturated fatty acids than in the same amount of reference food;
and
(b) no more trans fatty acids than in the same amount 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/100 mL for liquid food; or
(b) 5 g/100 g for solid food. |
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