Nutritional labelling
Food Nutrition labels are important as they are meant to describe the nutrient content of a food and are intended to guide the consumer in food selection. Nutrition information that is provided on labels should be authentic and not mislead consumers. The nutrition information provided must be selected on the basis of consistency with respective dietary recommendations.
With greater convenience in making healthier food choices, the nutritional labelling testing concept emerged in India and today, it is mandatory that the nutritional information of almost all processed foods should be displayed on food items.
How to understand nutritional label?
Nutritional labelling provides information about
- Serving information
- Calories
- Quick guide to % DV (Daily value)
- Nutrients – Saturated fat, PUFA, added sugars, sodium, dietary fiber, Vitamin – D, Calcium, Potassium, Iron, Allergens, Additives, and many more.
Why is Food labelling important in our daily life?
We all visit nutritional labelling while buying a product for variety of reasons but many consumers want to what information it carries and how it effects our purchasing choices.
Here are the reasons for its significance -
- Keeps you safe
- Stops you from buying counterfeit products
- Keeps you healthy
- Detection of ingredients that could cause you harmful reactions
- Stops you from wasting food as it mentions the portions size
- Supports local producers
Eurofins Services in nutritional labelling
Eurofins analytical laboratory being a global leader in food testing conducts complete label claim testing for all nutritional parameters.
Nutritional facts on product label are mandatory on almost all food products following the implementation of the FDA Nutrition Labelling and Education Act (NLEA). Eurofins India offers comprehensive nutritional analysis and labelling services for any product.
We offer a wide variety of chemical testing on diverse food products and also for raw materials. We also perform quality control services for finished products.
- Moisture, Ash, protein, fat, carbohydrate, energy, Total Sugar, added sugar
Other Specific analyses
- Antinutrients
- Amino acids
- Carbohydrates
- Complete proximate testing (including total dietary fibre)
- Lipid and fatty acid analyses by following mainly wet chemistry and GC methodologies
- Specific fatty acid content
- Saturated
- Monounsaturated
- Polyunsaturated
- Trans
- Omega-3 and Omega-6
- Cholesterol
- Microbiological assays
- Allergens
- Non-GMO / GMO identification
- Contaminants (pesticides, mycotoxins and antibiotics)
- Vitamins:
- A (retinol, beta-carotene) and Retinal acetate & Retinyl palmitate
- B-complex vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12)
- C (ascorbic acid)
- D (ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol)
- E (tocopherols)
The Eurofins Advantage
- Competence Centres with state-of-the-art equipment such GC, HPLCs, GCMSMS, FTIR, ELISA, GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS & Real-time PCR
- Fast turn-around time (TAT)
- Local contact with a Global Network
- Participation in industry associations and regulatory bodies allowing early advice on potential food scares and legal obligations
- Expert advice - testing schemes, on-site-check for hygiene and allergens, labelling advice and traceability
- Results you can rely on
- International presence
