On April 27, 2021, Taiwan issued the revised "Regulations on Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Food Products", which mainly incorporated the nutrition labeling requirements of infant and follow-up formula and formula for certain disease into the regulations. At the same time, the original "Regulations on Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Infant and Follow-up Formula and Formula for Certain Disease" was abolished. Products that have been licensed before the date of the announcement shall meet all the requirements of the new announcement from January 1, 2023. Today the global foodmate will introduce the nutrition labeling requirements of infant and follow-up formula in combination with the regulatory requirements.

Nutrition labeling items

Infant formula and formulas for special medical purposes intended for infants

The following attributes shall be provided in the form of table form for the nutrition labeling items of infant formula and formulas for special medical purposes intended for infants from top to bottom in the obvious appearance of packaging or container:

1.Title of nutrition facts.
2."Per 100 g (or kcal)", "per 100 ml".
3. Content of calories.
4. Content of protein content.
5. Content of fat, saturated fat (acid), trans fat (acid), linoleic acid and α- Linoleic acid.
6. Content of carbohydrate and sugar.
7. Content of sodium.
8. Content of water.
9. The content of vitamins listed in the table 2.
10. Content of choline.
11. Content of inositol.
12. Content of L-carnitine.
13. Content of ash.
14. The contents of minerals (excluding sodium) listed in the table 2.
15. Contents of other nutrients voluntarily indicated by manufacturers

Follow-up formula

Compared with infant formula, linoleic acid, choline, inositol, l-carnitine, copper, manganese and selenium is optional, can not appear in the nutrition label of follow-up formula.

The unit

The units of nutrition facts of infant and follow-up formula should be marked in accordance with the provisions of table 1:


Tolerances of nutrition label value


In the next article, Global foodmate will continue to introduce the nutrition labeling requirements of formula for certain disease. Please pay attention.

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