Information and Elements within Nutrition Facts Table

In the Food and Drug Regulations, the tables to B.01.401 and B.01.402 specify the required nomenclature for the information listed in the Nutrition Facts table plus the units of measurement and rounding rules.

B.01.450(1), in conjunction with Schedule L, prescribes the order in which the listings must appear, as well as dimensions, spacing and the use of upper and lowercase letters and bold type.

Nutrition Information

• Core Nutrition Information
  • Requirements
• Additional Nutrition Information
  • Requirements
  • Mandatory Declaration of "Additional Information"
• Values Declared in the NFT
  • Nutrition Labelling Compliance Test
  • Compliance Sampling
  • Guide to Generating Accurate Nutrient Values – Health Canada
  • Laboratory Methods for Nutrient Content Analysis – Health Canada
  • Rounding Rules
  • Questions and Answers
  • All information expressed as "0"
• Declaring Nutrients outside the Nutrition Facts Table
  • Information on other food components

Reference Amounts and Serving Size

• Reference Amounts
• Serving of Stated Size
  • Declaring Serving Size
  • Serving Size Examples
  • Canadian versus U.S.
• Schedule M – Reference Amounts and Serving Size
  • Questions and Answers
  • Basis of Information
• Single Serving Containers
  • Single Serving Products
• Foods for Use in the Manufacture of Other Foods

Daily Intake and Daily Values

• Reasonable Daily Intake for Various Foods
  • Schedule K – Reasonable Daily Intake for Various Foods
• Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)
• Recommended Daily Intake for Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients
• Weighted Recommended Nutrient Intake
• Weighted Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients
• Reference Standards
  • Summary table – Reference Standards
• Daily Value and % Daily Value

Nutrients within the NFT

• Energy
  • Average Energy Content of Nutrients
  • Converting Calories to Kilojoules
  • Energy Values of Sugar Alcohols, Polydextrose, Glycerol and Fructooligosaccharide
  • Energy Value of Dietary Fibre
    • Energy Value of Bran
    • Energy Value of Inulin
• Fat and Fatty Acids: Saturates, Trans, Polyunsaturates, Omega-6 Polyunsaturates, Omega-3 Polyunsaturates, Monounsaturates
  • Energy Value from Fat
  • Naturally occurring trans fat
• Sodium
• Potassium
• Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Fibre
  • Summary of Sources, Acceptability and Labelling
• Sugars
  • Sugar Alcohols
    • Declaration of Sugar Alcohols
    • Declaration of Sugar Alcohols from Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates
    • Labelling of Erythritol
  • Starch
• Protein
  • Calculating Protein Ratings
  • Protein Efficiency Ratios
  • Amino Acid Declaration
• Vitamins and Mineral Nutrients
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin C
    • Vitamin C content
    • Vitamin C and Ascorbic Acid in the List of Ingredients
  • Thiamine
  • Riboflavin
  • Niacin
  • Vitamin B6
  • Folacin or Folate
  • Vitamin B12
  • Pantothenic Acid or Pantothenate
  • Vitamin Names

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