Food Information to Consumers
A new Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers governs today the labelling of all food products on the market, including the nutrition labelling. It integrates former Directives 2000/13 and 90/496. New set of rules on nutrition information entered into force in December 2016.
The following elements have to be included in the nutrition declaration on all food packages:
- the energy value and the amounts of fat,
- saturates,
- carbohydrate,
- sugars,
- protein
- and salt.
As far as vegetable oils and fats are concerned, such food labelling can also be supplemented by the following elements such as amounts of mono-unsaturates or polyunsaturates.
The information per portion is particularly relevant for foods where consumption per eating occasion is much less than 100g, as is the case for vegetableoils for which a typical portion of 10g, corresponding to an easily measurable soup spoon, has been determined by the European oil sector.