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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 product for reference:
Kindly advise how to make such claim and provide guideline from local authority.
Thank you.
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Please refer attached document
No-sugar-claim-on-a-product-label
According to Malaysia Guide to Nutrition Labelling and Claims, 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:
| Malaysia | ||
| Component | Claim | Not more than |
| Sugar*
*Refers to all monosaccharides and disaccharides. |
Free | 0.5g per 100g (solid) or0.5g per 100ml (liquid) |
(Food Safety and Quality Division of Ministry of Health., 2010).
| Singapore | ||
| Component | Claim | Guidelines |
| Sugars”
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No sugars or ingredients with added sugar, honey, malt and malt extract, with the exception of sugar alcohols, are added during processing |
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≤ 0.5 g sugars per 100 g or 100 ml +Meal Type Product – ≤ 0.5 g sugars per serving + | |
| + Sugar alcohols may be considered in these guidelines.# 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. |
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(Health Promotion Board, 2015).
References
Food Safety and Quality Division of Ministry of Health. (2010). Malaysia Guide to Nutrition Labelling and Claims.
Health Promotion Board. (2015). A Handbook on Nutrition Labelling (Singapore).
