Nutritional Labelling

Today's health-conscious citizen checks the nutritional information on food products and are extremely careful about what they put in their body. This awareness results in a massive push towards being extremely transparent about food ingredients and their nutritive value. 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.

Why Nutritional labelling is so significant and what information does it provides?

• Nutritional labelling testing can benefit various food businesses as it can accurately determine the nutrients information within the product, thereby adding more value to the product.
• Nutritional labelling can create awareness in the minds of consumers.
• Proper nutritional testing and labelling is important to approve a food product for sale on the market by the government regulatory bodies.
• The nutritional information on the label also helps the consumer to compare the nutritional constituents between different brands while making choices for the healthy food.
• Nutritional labelling acts as an important source of information to consumers with specific needs like children, old aged, and also about allergens, intolerances like citrus, lactose etc.,
• The Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is used to determine the Daily Value (DV) of foods, which is printed on nutrition facts labels (as % DV). 
• The daily value(DV) refers to how much of a nutrient an adult should consume each day based on a 2,000 calorie diet. The FDA chose 2,000 calories based on the energy needs of an average adult. However, this value varies based on a variety of factors like age, weight, height, and physical activity level.” 
  
  

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.

Our nutritional labelling packages are available for the vast majority of industries including:

Testing Services offered by Eurofins

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
• Mineral and inorganic analyses
• Allergens
• Non-GMO / GMO identification
• Contaminants (pesticides, mycotoxins and antibiotics)
• Fat and cholesterol levels
• Stability and shelf-life testing
• Vitamins:
• A (retinol, beta-carotene) and Retenyl acetate & Retinyl palmitate
• B-complex vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, B9, B12)
• C (ascorbic acid)
• D (ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol)
• E (tocopherols)

Apart from FSSAI standards, we also conduct nutritional labelling services in accordance with FDA US Standard which comprises -

• Calcium
• Calories / Energy
• Total Carbohydrate
• Cholesterol
• Iron
• Protein
• Sodium
• Total Dietary Fibre
• Total Fat/ Sat Fat/ Unsaturated Fat/Trans Fat
• Total Sugar
• Vitamin A (optional)
• Vitamin C (optional)
• Potassium
• Total Sugar and Added Sugar
• Vitamin D3
  
  

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