New Zealand Gazette – 2015 – No. 50

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✨ Health Claims Conditions



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015

Conditions for permitted general level health claims

Part 3—Other

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
Food or property of food Specific health effect Relevant population Dietary context Conditions
Eicosa-pentaenoic acid (EPA) and Contributes to heart health Diet containing 500 mg of EPA and DHA per day (a) The food must contain a minimum of 50 mg EPA and DHA combined in a serving of food; and
Docosa-hexaenoic acid (DHA) (but (b) other than for fish or fish products with no added saturated fatty acids—the food contains:
not Omega-3)
(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 than 5 g per 100 g saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids.
Energy Contributes energy for normal metabolism The food must contain a minimum of 420 kJ of energy/serving
Energy Contributes energy for normal metabolism Young children aged 1–3 years The food must be a formulated supplementary food for young children
Energy Contributes to weight loss or weight maintenance Diet reduced in energy and including regular exercise The food:
(a) meets the conditions for making a ‘diet’ nutrition content claim; or
(b) is a formulated meal replacement and contains no more than 1200 kJ per serving
Live yoghurt cultures Improves lactose digestion Individuals who have difficulty digesting lactose The food must:
(a) be yoghurt or fermented milk; and
(b) contain at least 108 cfu/g (Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus).
*Phytosterols, phytostanols and Reduces dietary and biliary cholesterol absorption Diet low in saturated fatty acids The food must:
their esters Diet containing 2 g of *phytosterols, phytostanols and their esters per day (a) meet the relevant conditions specified in the table to section S25—2; and
(b) contain a minimum of 0.8 g *total plant sterol equivalents content per serving.
Potassium Necessary for normal water and electrolyte balance The food contains no less than 200 mg of potassium/serving

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🏥 Conditions for permitted general level health claims (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Health claims, Vitamins, Vitamin K, Blood coagulation, Bone structure, Growth and development, Beta-glucan, Cholesterol, Carbohydrate, Metabolism, Dietary fibre, Laxation