Amendment  on  partial  articles  of  Regulations  on  Nutrition
Labeling for Prepackaged Food Products
1.This regulation is established under the provisions of Item 3 of Article 22
of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation (hereinafter referred to
as “this Act”).
2.The terms used in this regulation are defined as follows:
2.1  Trans  fats  (fatty  acids):  all  the  geometrical  isomers  of
monounsaturated  and  polyunsaturated  fatty  acids  having  non-
conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration.
2.2 Carbohydrates: namely saccharides; the sum of carbohydrates.
2.3 Sugars: the sum of all free mono and disaccharides.
2.4 Dietary fibers: lignin and edible carbohydrate polymers with three or
more monomeric units, which are not hydrolysed or absorbed by the
endogenous enzymes in the small intestine of humans.
2.5 Nutrition claims:  any representation which states, suggests or implies
that a food product has or does not have particular calorie or nutrition
properties.
3.The nutrition labeling for a prepackaged food on the market shall provide
the following information from top to bottom in tabular form orderly
shown at a conspicuous place of the outer package or container of the
product.
3.1 Title of the “Nutrition Facts” .
3.2  ○ grams (or milliliters) per one serving (or per serving) and  the
number of servings contained in each package of the product.
3.3 “Per serving (or per one serving)”, “per 100 grams (or milliliters,
tablets,  capsules )”  or  “per  serving  (or  per  one  serving)”,  “daily
percentage reference value”.
3.4  Contents of calories.3.5  Contents of protein.
3.6  Contents of fats, saturated fats (or saturated fatty acids), and trans fats
(or trans fatty acids).
3.7  Contents of carbohydrates and sugar.
3.8  Contents of sodium.
3.9  Conformed to the definition of nutrition claim of Article 2. Contents
of other nutrients declared in the “Regulations on Nutrition Claim
for Prepackaged Food Products”. Contents of other nutrients labeled
voluntarily by the manufacturer.
Each  or  total  dietary  fiber,  each  sugar,  sugar  alcohol  labeled
voluntarily  by  the  manufacturer  can  be  labeled  behind  carbohydrates
item, and after sugar item. Cholesterol, other fatty acids can be labeled
behind fat item, and after trans fats (fatty acids) item. Amino acids can be
labeled behind protein item.
If the vertical form can’t be fully presented, it can be labeled in
horizontal continuous form.
If multiple prepackaged food or tastes are commonly used in the
same nutrient labeling, it can be combined.
Nutrition labeling on surface areas smaller than 100 cm2 can be
labeled those nutrition information sequentially in horizontal table form.
6.Measure units for prepackaged food nutrition labeling shall be labelled in
Chinese or using the metric system or their common symbols and conform
to the following regulations:
6.1 The unit of “per serving” in the food nutrition labeling, solid (semi-
solid)  foods  shall  be  expressed  in  grams ; liquid  foods  shall  be
expressed in milliliters (mL or ml); tablets and capsules (excluding
candy foods) shall be expressed in grams, tablets, or capsules.
6.2 Caloric value is expressed in kilocalories (Kcal or kcal).6.3 Proteins, fats ( fatty acids), saturated fats (fatty acids), and trans fats
(fatty  acids),  unsaturated  fats  (fatty  acids),  carbohydrates, sugars,
dietary fibers, and sugar alcohols are expressed in grams (g).
6.4 Sodium and cholesterols are expressed in milligrams (mg) .
6.5 Amino acids are expressed in grams (g) or milligrams (mg)
6.6  Vitamins and minerals names and units shall refer to Appendix 1 .
6.7  Other nutritional values are expressed using the metric system or their
common symbols.
For  products  that  using  “per  serving”  and  “100  grams  (or
milliliters)” for the one nutrition labeling in accordance with Subparagraph
1 of Paragraphs 1 of Article 4, the unit of “per serving” shall be consistent
with the unit of “100 grams (or milliliters)”.
For products that require reconstitution with water for consumption
products, may be labelled of units in accordance with the requirements for
solids  (semi-solid)  before  rehydration  or  liquids  after  rehydration
mentioned  in  Subparagraph  1  of  the  preceding  paragraph.  However,  if
products with nutrition claims, the measurement standard unit adopted for
the nutrition claim of the products shall be the basis for the application of
this regulation. The re-hydration method shall be stated clearly shown at
the outer package.
8.  The  nutrient  contents  of  energy,  protein,  fats,  carbohydrate,  sodium,
saturated  fats (fatty acids), trans fats (fatty  acids) and sugars may be
labeled as “0” if it meets the criteria in Appendix 2. The contents of
protein,  fats  or  carbohydrate  shall  not  be  labeled  as  “0”  if  their
subcategory nutrients are not labeled as “0”.
9.Data  formatting of  prepackaged  food  nutrition  labeling  units  shall
conform to the following regulations:9.1 Each quantity, serving number, daily percentage reference value, shall
be labeled using whole integers or integers with one decimal point.
Per serving of food products in the form of tablets and capsules
(excluding candy foods) expressed tablets or capsules units, shall be
labeled using whole integers.
9.2 The serving size (weight or capacity) can be labeled using integers
with two decimal points when it is too small to present the real value
if labeled using integers with one decimal points.
9.3 When an non assembled prepackaged product with varied weight or its
serving number is not divisible, the serving number can be labeled as “
This package contains (about) ○ serving(s)” after data formatting to
whole integers.
9.4 Caloric, protein, amino acid, fat, fatty acid, cholesterol, carbohydrate,
sugar, sodium,  dietary  fiber, and  other  voluntary  nutrients  labeled
using the principle of whole integers or integers with one decimal
point.
9.5 Labels for vitamins and minerals shall not exceed three significant
figures.
9.6 Data formatting shall refer to the Chinese National Standard CNS2925
“Practices  for  Designating  Significant  Places  in  Specific  Limiting
Values” or “Round half up” method.Appendix 2 Conditions for “0” labeling of Caloric and Nutrients Value
Items Per serving and 100 g of solid (or 100 ml of liquid)
Caloric ValueContained in this food product do not exceed 4 
Kcal, and the content of carbohydrates, sugars, 
proteins, fats, trans fats, and saturated fats all meet
its conditions for “0” labeling.
Protein
Contained in this food product do not exceed 0.5 g Fat
Carbohydrate
Sodium Contained in this food product do not exceed 5 mg
Saturated fats Contained in this food product do not exceed 0.1 g
Trans fatsTotal fat content in this food product does not 
exceed 1.0 g;
or
Trans fat content in this food product does not 
exceed 0.3 g
Sugar Contained in this food product do not exceed 0.5 g
Annotation 1: When Infant formula and Follow-up infant formula using 100
grams  (or  kilocalories)  and  100  milliliters  for  nutrition
labeling, the calorie, the content of protein, fat, carbohydrate,
sodium, saturated fat, trans fat, and sugars may be labeled as
“0” if they meet the criteria in Appendix 2.
Annotation 2: Conditions for “0” labeling of caloric and nutrients value do not
apply  to  the  range  of  allowable  error  for  nutrition  labeling
values of Article 10.