Volume 15, Number
1 - January 2015
Greetings from Food Label News.
As 2015 kicks off, we offer a toast to our clients, readers
and fellow food labelers in the Food Label Community on
LinkedIn. Here's to a happy, healthy and prosperous year
ahead.
We start the year by featuring one of the most popular
sections of Food Label News - Q&As. Wishing you all
the best in this new year!
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2014's Most Popular Q&As
Congratulations and thank you to the following three Food
Label News subscribers for submitting questions that ranked
the highest among our readers. Here are the 2014 winners and
links to answers:
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W.H., Vermont -
April's Food Label News
When does the function of an
additive need to be included in the
Ingredient Statement and what
differentiates an incidental
additive from an approved chemical
preservative? I note that 21 CFR
101.100 states that incidental
additives with no technical or
functional effect are exempt from
labeling, whereas 21 CFR 101.22(j)
states that approved chemical
preservatives "must include both the
common or usual name of the
preservative and the function of the
preservative." |
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L.G., Illinois -
July's Food Label News
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? |
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P.M., California -
December's
Food
Label News
In both U.S. and Canada, is there an
acceptable upper limit variance for
the declared net weight? For
example, if your declared net weight
is 100 grams, can your package
contain 130 grams and still be
compliant? |
For answers to these and other Food
Label News reader questions, see the
Reader Q&A Archive. |
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Food Label News will continue to respond to one question
per month as space permits. You are always welcome to
send us your question for
an upcoming issue. |
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What's News in the Food Label
Community
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Net
Weight: Product Packaging or Food Content?
(8+
comments) |
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Ingredient Declaration: Dextrose or Dextrose
Monohydrate?
(6+
comments) |
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EU Product Name: "Prawn Dip" with 0% Prawns
(12+
comments) |
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U.S. Claim "No Added Sugar" on Juice
(5+
comments) |
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Ingredient List: Is Descending Order Before or After
Processing?
(9+
comments) |
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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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We are using a Propylene Glycol based flavoring in our
candy. What does the ingredient statement need to say?
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M.W., California,
Manufacturer
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Your propylene glycol-based flavoring will either be
declared as a natural flavor or an artificial flavor,
based on definitions found in 21 CFR 101.22 (a)(1) and
(3). If the propylene glycol functions solely as a
flavor carrier, then it becomes incidental in the final
food and therefore does not need to be included in the
ingredient statement for your candy. If however, the
propylene glycol found in the flavoring continues to
function in the finished product, then it must be
declared within your candy's ingredient statement.
More reader questions. |
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