You’ve heard that all takeaway and restaurant food now needs to come with calorie labelling. Your pavement café serves coffees, toasties, and freshly baked goods. Should you start giving out calorie info with your cappuccinos and blueberry muffins? Regulations...
Do you know that many pre packed food products need a nutrition facts label? In some cases, you can apply for an exemption, provided certain criteria are met. In those cases nutrition labeling might not be needed. Most food businesses are required to have nutrition...
In the European Union, the labelling rules enable consumers to obtain complete data about the food nutrients. Food nutrition facts labels help to make informed choices while purchasing foods. The EU regulation No. 1169/2011 sets up the general principles, requirements...
Nutrition related claims are statements on food packets which convey nutritional quality of a food and/or its impact on health. European Union regulations require food manufacturers to declare energy, protein, carbohydrates, saturated fat, sugars, and salt. They can...
Under the new regulation on Food Information to Consumers (FIC), the origin of primary ingredients must be indicated if different from the origin of the food in order not to deceive consumers and to harmonize the display of food nutrition information. Several new...
