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Before you start reading this, it’s worth noting that one of the foods that are exempt from the new mandatory nutrition labelling is “food, including handcrafted food, directly supplied by the manufacturer of small quantities of products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the final consumer”.
So if you are only producing pre-packed foods in small quantities and selling them to the end consumer, you don’t need to worry about these regulations. For those producing larger quantities, please read on…
On your pre-packed food labelling you must now provide nutrient information per 100g or 100ml. You’ll need to list these nutrients in this particular order:
If any of those nutrients aren’t present or are only present in negligible amounts you can mention them in a separate sentence (e.g. Fat, Saturates, Protein – negligible amount).
You must use a font sized at least 1.2mm, x-height and present the nutritional information in a table with numbers aligned (though you can use a linear format if you don’t have enough space for a table).
Under the new regulations you’ll need to declare vitamins per 100ml as well as the percentage of Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per 100ml.
You can also provide the information per portion if you’d like.
And in case you’re wondering about Recommended Daily Amounts (RDAs), the term has now been replaced with NRVs.
The term ‘Reference Intakes’ (RIs) has now replaced GDAs. You can add %RIs to your labelling in the nutrition table per 100g/ml and/or per portion or consumption unit. Wherever you have listed %RIs, you’ll need to place this statement close by too: “Reference intake of an average adult (8400kJ/2000kcal)”.
If you are providing nutritional information per portion or per consumption unit, you’ll need to quantify the portions/consumption units near to nutrition declaration. Here’s an example of quantifying: 1.5L = 6 x 250ml servings.