For the nutrition declaration of nutrients for which a nutrition or health claim is made according to Regulation 1924/2006/EC, as well as for added vitamins and minerals according to Regulation 1925/2006/EC different tolerances may apply which are specified in section 5. The tolerance values listed include the uncertainty of measurement associated with a measured value. Therefore, no further allowance for uncertainty of measurement has to be made when deciding whether a measured value is compliant with the declared value.
Tolerances for foods other than food supplements including measurement uncertainty
| Tolerances for foods
(includes uncertainty of measurement) |
|
| Vitamins | +50%** -35% |
| Minerals | +45% -35% |
| Carbohydrate,
Sugars, Protein, Fibre |
<10 g per 100 g: ±2 g
10-40 g per 100 g: ±20% >40 g per 100 g: ±8 g |
| Fat | <10 g per 100 g: ±1.5 g
10-40 g per 100 g: ±20% >40 g per 100 g: ±8 g |
| Saturates,
Mono-unsaturates, Polyunsaturates |
<4 g per 100 g: ±0.8 g
≥4g per 100 g: ±20% |
| Sodium | <0.5 g per 100 g: ±0.15 g
≥0.5 g per 100 g: ±20% |
| Salt | <1.25 g per 100 g: ±0.375 g
≥1.25 g per 100 g: ±20% |
** for vitamin C in liquids, higher upper tolerance values could be accepted
Example 1:
- A food product with a nutrition declaration of sugars of 8.5 g and no claim made about its sugar content
- According to the rounding guidelines of section 6 this equals to 8.45 to 8.54 g sugars /100 g
- Lower tolerance: lower value (8.45) minus lower tolerance for sugars from section 3 which is 2 g; 8.45 – 2 = 6.45 g/100 g; according to the rounding guidelines of section 6 the lower bound tolerance will be 6.5 g/100 g
- Upper tolerance: upper value (8.54) plus the upper tolerance for sugars from section 3 which is 2 g; 8.54 + 2 = 10.54 g/100 g; according to the rounding guidelines of section 6 the upper bound tolerance will be 11 g/100 g
- If official control finds a sugar content:
- within the range of 6.5 to 11 g/100 g this product is found to be within the tolerance range according to the criteria laid down in section 3;
- between the declared value (8.5 g) and the upper tolerance limit, control of compliance with section 2.3 should be considered
- that is outside the range of 6.5 to 11 g/100 g, section 2.4 should be considered which gives examples of aspects to be taken into account when the measured value is outside the tolerance for the declared value
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