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Labelling Claims for ‘No Added Sugar’ in South East Asia
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Are there certain provisions or regulations in Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand regarding a ‘No Sugar Added’ claim on a product’s label?
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Please refer attached file.
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Further to my above question, could you please provide guideline for claim of “No Cane Sugar Added”?
There are a few products in the Malaysia and Singapore market with label claim of ” No Cane Sugar Added”. kindly refer below link for reference:
http://www.unisoy.com.sg/nutritious-soya-milk-powder-no-cane-sugar-added-single.html
http://www.fairprice.com.sg/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&productId=75312&urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10051
http://www.daganghalal.com/Directory/ProductDetails.aspx?cid=3592&pid=10387
Kindly advise how to make such claim and provide guideline from local authority.
Thank you.
According to Food Safety and Quality Division of Ministry of Health (2010), for making claims on “free of”, words of similar meaning may also be used, eg other words such as “zero” and “no” may also be used.
The guidelines of nutrient content claims for Sugar in Malaysia and Singapore are as follows:
*Refers to all monosaccharides and disaccharides.
0.5g per 100ml (liquid)
Source: Guide to Nutrition Labelling and Claims (as at December 2010)
Meal Type Product – ≤ 0.5 g sugars per serving +
# If a food is naturally low in sugar without any special processing done to lower the sugar content, the food is to be labelled with the word ‘naturally’ (e.g. Cider vinegar, a naturally sugar-free food).
Definition:
Sugars – Simple carbohydrates, that are molecules of either single sugar units (monosaccharides) or pairs of those sugar units (disaccharides) bonded together, including – hexose monosaccharides and disaccharides, e.g. dextrose, fructose, sucrose and lactose – starch hydrolysate – glucose syrups, maltodextrin and similar products – products derived at a sugar refinery – icing sugar, invert sugar, fruit sugar syrup.
Source: A Handbook on Nutrition Labelling (Singapore) (Revised version 2015)
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How about Palatinose (Isomaltulose), can we make claim for “No Sugar Added? This is referring to the attached marketing material.
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Based on your answer, can i conclude that there is no way to claim “No added Sugar” in Malaysia?
According to Food Safety and Quality Division of Ministry of Health (2010), for making claims on “free of”, words of similar meaning may also be used, eg other words such as “zero” and “no” may also be used.
Reference:
Food Safety and Quality Division of Ministry of Health. (2010). Malaysia Guide to Nutrition Labelling and Claims (as at December 2010). Retrieved from http://fsq.moh.gov.my/v4/images/filepicker_users/5ec35272cb78/Perundangan/Garispanduan/Pelabelan/GuideNutritionLabel.pdf
Do you mean the claim for ” No added Sugar / Without sugar added” equal to “Sugar Free / Free of Sugar”?
In a cookie recipe, all sugar(Sucrose) was replaced by Isomalt and Stevia, however the total sugar content was > 0.5g per 100g (sugar content from others source of carbohydrate, such as flour, chocolate, nuts, raisin), can we make claim for “No added sugar” in Malaysia?