TranslateNutrient claims
There are many nutrition or claims that can be put on food packets. These may help you with your food choices. It still helps to read the nutrition information panel as well.
| Nutrition Claim | What it means |
|---|---|
| Low fat | no more than 3 g fat per 100 g of solid food or no more than 1.5 g fat per 100 ml of liquid food |
| Fat free | no more than 0.15 g fat per 100 g of food |
| Reduced fat | less than 25 per cent fat than the same amount of the original food, may still be high in fat |
| Low cholesterol | no more than 10 mg cholesterol per 100 ml of liquid food or 20 mg per 100 g of solid food. The food must also be low in fat. |
| Toasted or oven baked | the food is likely to have been cooked in oil or fat and may be high in fat, it is best to check the label |
| Low salt | must have no more than 120 mg of sodium per 100 g of food |
| No added salt | no extra salt has been added |
| Reduced salt | must have at least 25 per cent less salt than the original food, may still be high in salt (check the label) |
| Low in sugar | no more than 5 g of sugar per 100 g of solid food or 2.5 g of sugar per 100 ml of liquid food. |
| No added sugar | no extra sugar has been added, but the food may still have a large amount of natural sugar (check the ingredients list) |
| Reduced sugar | at least 25 per cent less sugar than in the same quantity of the original food, may still be high in sugar (check the label) |
| Sugar free | no more than 0.2 g of sugar per 100 g |
| Unsweetened | no added sugar or artificial sweetener |
| Low joule or low calorie | no more than 170 kJ per 100 g of food, or no more than 80 kJ per 100 ml of liquid food, these foods are usually artificially sweetened |
| Good source of fibre | at least 4 g dietary fibre per serve of food |
| Excellent source of fibre | at least 7 g dietary fibre per serve of food |
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