Food Labelling Regulations 2009 October 30th

Food Labelling Regulation 2009 No.2538

From October 30th 2009 Food Manufacturers in England will need to take note of new revised guidelines for daily recommended daily allowances (RDA’s) for Vitamins and Minerals

A link is provided to the Statutory Instrument 2009 No.2538 below.

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Along with new RDA’s there is also a new definition of fibre
(Section 2.2.b) this is to ensure consistency in manufacturer’s fibre claims.

Fibre is now defined as:

Carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, which are neither digested nor absorbed in the human small intestine and belong to the following categories:
1.- Edible carbohydrate polymers naturally occurring in the food as consumed
2. - Edible carbohydrate polymers which have been obtained from food raw material by physical, enzymatic or chemical means and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific evidence
3. - Edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific evidence.

Also new energy conversion factors (ECF’s) (Section 2.4.b) are now to be used for fibre and erythritol.

1g of fibre - 2 kcal/g (8 kJ/g)
1g of erythritol - 0 kcal/g (0 kJ/g)

The ECF’s are used to calculate values for energy that are used on back of packet declarations