Labelling - food and beverage

The Front packaging panel should include:

• food name
• net quantity

The side packaging panel should include:

• name and address of manufacturer, packer or distributor
• ingredient list
• nutrition labelling
• allergy labelling

Food name:

Clearly identify the type of food and the brand.

Quantity:

Provide net weight / volume.

Tip: use both metric and imperial values.

Ingredients:

List each ingredient in decreasing order of weight.

Also, preservative, flavourant and colourant ingredient names should be coupled with "preservative", "flavourant" and "colourant", respectively.

Allergens:

In addition to listing each allergen in the list of ingredients, the side panel should also include the statement: "Contains … (milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans)".

Nutrition facts:

Detail:

• calories
• total fat, proteins, carbohydrates, potassium, sodium, sugars and fibre
• vitamins A and C
• minerals calcium and iron

Also express these as a percentage of Reference Daily Intake (RDI) / Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).

Claims:

Do not make health claims that are not proven (and approved). Also beware of using defined terms, such as:

• low fat / fat free
• high fibre
• low calorie
• healthy
• fresh

Pending numbers:

Add patent, trademark and design pending numbers at the bottom of your label, e.g.:

Patent Pending / Pat. Pend.

Trademark Pending / TM Pend.

Design Pending / Des. Pend.

Note: Labelling laws are country‐specific.