Nutritional Labelling Testing/Analysis
The food chemistry department analyse a wide range of food and drink products and raw materials for food nutritional and food labelling purposes.
With almost 40 years experience there can hardly be a food product or raw material that we have not tested.
Nutritional testing/analysis for food labelling may be declared in two main ways, one is Group/Catagory 1 declaration and the other is Group/Catagory 2 declaration.
Lower Salt and Sodium levels required in foods by 2012 are going to increase the number of new formulations of products with lower salt/sodium levels
ILS can undertake sodium and salt testing as stand alone tests or as part of a Catagory 2 Nutritional analysis
Group/Catagory 1 Nutritional Testing
Energy KJ and Kcal
Protein g
Carbohydrate g
Fat g
Group 1 nutritional (occasionally known as Category 1 or "big 4") is the minimum nutritional declaration permitted.
Contact ILS - for more information and prices.
Group/Catagory 2 Nutritional Testing
Energy KJ and Kcal
Protein g
Carbohydrate g
of which:
- sugars g
Fat g
of which:
- saturates g
Fibre g
Sodium g
Information declared should be expressed as g/100g or g/100ml.
It is recommended that Group 2 (occasionally known as category 2 or "Big 4 + little 4" and "4+4") nutritional information is declared.
Group 2 nutritional is considered to give consumers a good guide to the key health related nutrients within a food product and is used for labelling requirements.
Other nutrients may be declared as part of the group 2 on a voluntary basis, but must be declared if a nutritional claim is made, for example: "rich in calcium".
We can offer a 6 working day fast track service as well as our standard 10 working day turnaround service.
With prior arrangement with the laboratory we can also offer an 3 day express service
ILS are UKAS accredited for the testing carried out for nutritional labelling claims.
Contact ILS - for more information and prices on food nutritional testing
Link to new October 2009 Food Labelling Regulation 2538 for Fibre Calculations.
clientfiles/File/New%20Food%20Labelling.pdf