Trans fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids that have negative effects on human health. Some countries or regions have listed trans fatty acids as core nutrients and requested mandatory labelling. Food companies often indicate there is no trans fatty acids in their products as a selling point.
Therefore, Global Foodmate summarised the provisions for the content claim of trans fatty acids in some countries or regions, for your reference.
Mainland China
National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Nutrition Labelling of Prepackaged Foods GB 28050-2011
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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No or without Trans fatty acids |
≤0.3 g per 100 g for solid food or per 100 mL for liquid food |
Hong Kong SAR
Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations (2016)
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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The word or words “Free” or “不含”, “Zero” or “零”, “No” or “无” or “Without” or “没有” or any other word or words of similar meaning or symbol denoting a similar meaning |
trans fatty acids ≤0.3 g per 100g for solid food or per 100 mL for liquid food, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids combined ≤1.5 g/100 g for solid food or ≤0.75 g/100 mL for liquid food, and, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids, the sum of which contributes not more than 10% of energy. |
Taiwan (China)
Requirements for nutrition labeling of packaged food
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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Zero |
Total fat ≤1.0 g per100 g for solids/semi-solids or per 100 mL for liquids, or trans fatty acids ≤0.3 g per 100 g for solids/semi-solids or per 100mL for liquids. |
US
21 CFR PART 101
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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Zero |
Trans fat <0.5 g per reference amount customarily consumed and per labelled serving, or in the case of a meal product or main dish product, per labelled serving |
EU
(EC) No 1924/2006
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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LOW SATURATED FAT |
If the sum of saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids in the product does not exceed 1.5 g/100 g for solids or 0.75 g/100 mL for liquids and in either case the sum of saturated fatty acids and trans-fatty acids must not provide more than 10 % of energy. |
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SATURATED FAT-FREE |
If the sum of saturated fat and trans-fatty acids does not exceed 0.1 g of saturated fat per 100 g or 100 mL. |
Australia and New Zealand
Schedule 4 of Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
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Claim |
Requirement of the content |
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Free Saturated and trans fatty acids |
The food contains no detectable saturated fatty acids; and the food contains no detectable trans fatty acids. |
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Low Saturated and trans fatty acids |
The food contains no more saturated and trans fatty acids than 1.5 g/100 g for solid food or 0.75 g/100 mL for liquid food. |
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Reduced or Light / Lite Saturated and trans fatty acids |
The food contains at least 25% less saturated and trans fatty acids than in the same amount of reference food; and both saturated and trans fatty acids are reduced relative to the same amount of reference food. |