Nutrient content claims

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• Steps for making a nutrient content claim
• Requirements for making a nutrient content claim
  • Exceptions
• 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 or supplemented food facts table
  • Permitted nutrients
  • Information triggered by quantitative statements
  • Manner of declaring
• Specific nutrient content claim requirements
  • How to use the Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims
  • 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
  • "Lean" claims
• Comparative nutrient content claims
  • Conditions for use of comparative nutrient content claims
  • Comparative claims for vitamin and mineral nutrients
  • Comparative nutrient content claims for products carrying a nutrition symbol
  • Reformulated products and similar reference foods
  • Example: steps for evaluating "reduced in fat"
• Nutrient content claims on foods intended for children under 4 years of age
• Advertising requirements for nutrient content claims
  • Advertisements placed by the manufacturer versus 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
• Reference information
  • 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 sugars
  • Nutrient content claims and foods sold in restaurants and food service establishments
  • Carbohydrate claims on foods sold in Canada
• Definitions
  • Combination foods
  • Food group
  • Health-related representation
  • Manufacturer or distributor
  • Nutrient
  • Nutrition symbol
  • Other foods
  • Reference food of the same food group
  • Serving of stated size
  • Similar reference food
  • Supplemented food
  • Supplemental ingredient