Guidance

Nutrition labelling: voluntary front of pack scheme updates

Latest updates on the UK voluntary front of pack nutrition labelling scheme for food and drink products.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 19 December 2013

Applies to England

Documents

Update on children’s reference intakes

PDF, 37.7 KB, 1 page

Details

Front of pack nutrition labelling scheme provides the information that food and drink companies can put on the front of their packaging in the form of: energy (kiloJoules and kilocalories) only, or energy plus fat, saturates, sugars and salt. The UK 2013 voluntary scheme recommends a format for this information that uses colour coding and percentage ‘reference intakes’.

More information can be found in the guide to creating a front of pack (FoP) nutrition label for pre-packed products sold through retail outlets

Published 19 December 2013