Nutrient content claims
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Steps for making a nutrient content claim
Requirements for making a nutrient content claim
Making a nutrient content claim
- Conditions for making a nutrient content claim
- Information triggered by making a claim
- Implied nutrient content claims
Quantitative declarations outside the nutrition facts table
Specific nutrient content claim requirements
- How to use the claims tables
- Energy and calorie claims
- Protein claims
- Fat claims
- Saturated fatty acid claims
- Trans fatty acid claims
- Omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid claims
- Cholesterol claims
- Sodium (salt) claims
- Potassium claims
- Carbohydrate and sugars claims
- Dietary fibre claims
- Vitamin and mineral nutrient claims
- "Light" claims
Comparative nutrient content claims
- Conditions for use of comparative nutrient content claims
- Comparative claims for vitamin and mineral nutrients
- Reformulated products and similar reference foods
- Example: steps for evaluating "reduced in fat"
Nutrient content claims on foods intended solely for children under two years of age
Advertising requirements for nutrient content claims
- Advertisements placed by the manufacturer vs. third party
- General advertising requirements (advertisements other than those for radio or television)
- Advertisements for radio or television
- Advertisements making vitamin and mineral nutrient content claims
- Decision trees for nutrient content claim advertising requirements
- Foods to which vitamins, mineral nutrients and amino acids may or must be added
- Nutrient content claim examples
Additional Information
- Criteria for the nutrient content claim no added sugar
- Nutrient content claims and foods sold in restaurants and food service establishments
- Carbohydrate claims on foods sold in Canada
- Combination foods
- Food group
- Manufacturer or distributor
- Nutrient
- Other foods
- Reference food of the same food group
- Similar reference food
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