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FOOD LABELS - WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
By info INDI
Mar 31, 2006
Did you know?
• It is illegal to make false or misleading claims on food labels
• Food companies do not have to provide nutritional information unless a health claim, such as ‘low in fat’, is made.
• Ingredients are listed in descending order i.e. largest ingredient first
• All nutritional information must be given per 100g or per 100ml
• The terms ‘light’ and ‘lite’ don’t mean anything in relation to food and can be used by anyone on any product.
• Sodium is not the same as salt. Salt is sodium chloride so sodium is just one part of a
molecule of salt. Here’s how you figure out salt from sodium:
Sodium x 2.5 = Salt content
Salt / 2.5 = Sodium content
For full article go to http://www.indi.ie/assets/81/AA381A38-D17C-188B-6431C488B6AB8EB7_document/food_label_factsheet.pdf
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