Volume 14, Number
7 - July 2014
Happy July 4th from Food Label News.
This month we wrap up our series on package claims in the U.S.
and Canada with a summary of similarities and differences
between the two countries. Take a look back at the eight
articles to help inform your labels. You may also want to
see what's of interest in the Food Label Community on
LinkedIn. We're talking about everything from GMO labeling
to "superfoods". Wishing you warm regards this July.
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Package Claims: U.S. & Canada
Part 8 of 8
This month marks the final installment in our 8-part series
designed to help food labelers become familiar with what
claims and label statements are allowable and how to
position a product's nutritional attributes to achieve
marketing objectives. View the series to better understand
nuances between U.S. and Canada for nutrient content claims,
heath claims, and other allowable and non-allowable
statements.
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View/print
Part 8 of the series or download the
complete regulatory guide for U.S. and Canadian
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What's News in the Food Label
Community
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Industry discourages FDA to set
category specific sodium targets |
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Nice article on GMO labeling |
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Superfoods - what does it mean? |
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Cross-contamination and allergen
labeling |
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Labeling tocopherols as Vitamin E |
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Food Consulting Company seeking
Mexico food label expert |
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Reader Q&A
Find
answers to our readers'
questions or send us
your question for an
upcoming issue.
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I develop finished beverages for the U.S. market and we
get nutritional information from all of our raw material
suppliers. Many give calorie counts based on net carbs
(defined as total carbs minus the dietary fiber). Should
we enter the supplier calorie count into our Genesis
nutrient analysis software or should we adjust it to
include the dietary fiber and assume 4 kcal per gram for
all carbohydrates?
− L.G., Illinois, Manufacturer
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A. |
Per FDA regulations at 21 CFR 101.9(c)(1), the calorie
content may be determined by five different methods.
Total carbohydrates minus the total value for dietary
fiber is not allowable if the
dietary fiber consists of both soluble and insoluble
fibers.
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