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 Safe ty and Sanitation. 
2. The terms used in this re gulation are defined as follows: 
(1) Trans fats: all the geometrical isomers of monounsaturated and 
polyunsaturated fatty acids ha ving non-conjugated carbon-carbon 
double bonds in the trans configuration. 
(2) Carbohydrates: namely saccharid es; the sum of carbohydrates. 
(3) Sugars: the sum of all free mono and disaccharides. 
(4) Dietary fibers: lignin and edible carbohydrate polymers with three 
or more monomeric units, which ar e not hydrolysed or absorbed 
by the endogenous enzymes in the small intestine of humans. 
(5) Nutrition claims: any representation which states, suggests or 
implies that a food product has particular calorie or nutrition 
properties. 
3. The nutrition labeling for a packag ed food on the market shall provide 
the following information refer to Appendix 1 shown at a conspicuous 
place of the outer package or container of the product. 
(1) Title of the “Nutrition Facts” 
(2) Contents of energy. 
(3) Contents of protein. 
(4) Contents of fat, satu rated fats, and trans fats. 
(5) Contents of carbohydrates and sugar. 
(6) Contents of sodium. 
(7) Contents of other nutrients declared in the nutrition claim. 
(8) Contents of other nutrients la beled voluntarily by the manufacturer. 
Dietary fiber labeled voluntari ly by the manufacturer can be  2labeled behind carbohydrates item, indent and after sugar item. 
Cholesterol can be labeled behind fa t item, indent and after trans-fat 
item. Other nutrients labeled voluntar ily by the manufacturer shall be 
labeled behind sodium item. 
4. Caloric and nutritiona l content labeling for packaged foods on the market  
shall be processed under the following provisions: 
(1) Use “per one serving (or per serving)” and “per 100 grams (or 
milliliter)” for labeling, and the number of servings contained in 
each package of the product shall also be specified ; or
(2) Use “per one serving (or per serving)” and the provided “daily 
percentage of reference value” for labeling, and the number of 
servings contained in each package of the product shall also be 
specified. Labels shall also be sp ecified the daily nutrient intake 
reference value if the daily nutrien t intake reference value has been 
set. For products without a set daily  nutrient intake reference value, 
the “*” symbol shall precede the daily percentage reference value 
line and clearly note “*Reference value not set.” 
Regarding the formatting of Clause s 1 and 2 in the preceding item 
shall refer to Appendix 1. Infant foods and sha ll be labeled according to 
the format of Clause 1 in the preceding item. Products in the form of 
tablets and capsules (excluding candy foods) shall be labeled according 
to the format of Clause 2 in the preceding item. 
5. The weight (quantity or volume) per serving of the various packaged 
food products shall  consider every times consumption  derived from 
domestic dietary habits and prep ackaged food product type. Food 
products in the form of tablets and capsules (excluding candy foods) shall be labeled as recommended amount (shall be an integer). 
6. Measure units for prepackaged f ood nutrition labeling shall conform to 
the following regulations:  3(1) Solid (semi-solid) shall be expr essed in grams; liquid shall be 
expressed in milliliters. 
(2) Caloric value is expressed in kilocalories (Kcal). 
(3) Proteins, fats, fatty acids, car bohydrates, sugars, dietary fibers, and 
sugar alcohols are expressed in grams. 
(4) Sodium, cholesterols , and amino acids are expressed in milligrams . 
(5) Vitamins and minerals units shall refer to Appendix 2. 
(6) Other nutritional values are expressed using universal units. 
If product with nutrition claims requires re-hydration, the labeling 
must comply with the content afte r re-hydration. If product without 
nutrition claims requires re-hydration,  the labeling can be in according 
to the content before or after re -hydration. The re-hydration method 
shall be stated clearly below the nutrition labeling format. 
7. Daily caloric and other  nutrient intake reference values shall be labeled 
according to Appendix 2. 
8. The nutrient contents of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, sodium, 
saturated fats, trans fats and sugars ma y be labeled as "0" if it meets the 
criteria in Appendix 3. 
9. Data formatting of prepackaged food nutrition labeling units shall 
conform to the following regulations:
(1) Each package shall label the serving number, daily percentage 
reference value, and sodium content in whole integers. 
(2) Each quantity, caloric, protein,  amino acid, fat, fatty acid, 
cholesterol, carbohydrate, sugar, dietary fiber, and sugar alcohol 
value shall be labeled using whole integers or integers with one 
decimal point. Caloric, protein, fat, fatty acid, carbohydrate and  4sugar value can be labeled using integers with two decimal points 
when each quantity is too small to meet the criteria of labeling as 
"0". 
(3) Labels for vitamins and minerals  shall not exceed three significant 
figures. 
(4) Data formatting shall refer to  the Chinese National Standard 
CNS2925 “Practices for Designating Significant Places in 
Specific Limiting Values” 
10. The values on the nutritional labels of prepackaged foods must be 
derived from actual test analysis  or calculations, and the range of 
allowable error shall meet the criteria in Appendix 4. If the 
characteristics of specific nutrient content of foods may change with 
time, the variation of the nutrients can be annotated.  
11. The caloric calculation methods fo r nutritional labels of prepackaged 
foods shall conform to the following regulations: 
(1) Protein calories are calcul ated at 4 Kcal per gram. 
(2) Fat calories are calcula ted at 9 Kcal per gram. 
(3) Carbohydrate calories are calculated at 4 Kcal per gram, except for 
carbohydrates in dietary fiber labeling, in which calories are calculated at 2 Kcal per gram. 
(4) Calories for erythritol labeling ar e calculated at 0 Kcal per gram. 
Calories for other sugar alcohol labe ling are calculated at 2.4 Kcal 
per gram. Calories for organic acid labeling are calculated at 3 
Kcal per gram. Calories for al cohol (ethanol) labeling are 
calculated at 7 Kcal per gram. The content of sugar alcohol shall be 
stated clearly in the nutrition labeling format. The content of 
organic acid and alcohol (ethanol) sh all be stated clearly below the 
nutrition labeling format. 
12. Prepackaged infant and follow-up  formula and formula for certain  5disease shall apply to this  regulation and “Regulations  on 
Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Infant and Follow-up Formula and 
Formula for Certain Disease ”. The formatting and the range of 
allowable error of prepackaged infant and follow-up formula and 
formula for certain disease shall be followed “ Regulations on 
Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Infant and Follow-up Formula and 
Formula for Certain Disease”.  
13. This regulation shall not apply to prepackaged foods such as 
prepackaged vitamins or mineral category tablets/capsules. 
14. Prepackaged foods are manufactured  before the implementation date 
for this regulation (according to the date of manufacturi ng) could not be 
applied to this regulation. 
 Appendix 1 Nutrition labeling form at (1) for prepackaged foods 
 
 Nutrition Facts 
Per serving  gram s (or milliliters) 
 
This package contains  serving(s) 
                   E ach serving               P er 100 grams 
or per 100 m illiliters 
Calories               Kcal                        Kcal
 
Proteins                 g                           g  
 
Fats                    g                           g  
 
 Saturated fats            g                          g  
  
Trans fats               g                          g  
 
Carbohydrates            g                         g 
 
Sugars                  g                          g  
 
Sodium                m g                        m g 
 
Claims               g , mg, or µg               g , mg, or µg 
nutri tional  content 
 
Other                g , mg, or µg               g , mg, or µg 
nutri tional  contents  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 7Note: Nutrition labeling on surf ace areas smaller than 100 cm2 may 
conform to the following format, placing labels at a prominent place 
on the package container: 

Nutrition Facts 
Per serving´ grams (or milliliters), this package contains ´serving(s). Per 
serving (per 100g or 100 mL): Calories´Kcal (´Kcal), Protein ´g (´
g),Fats´g (´g), Saturated fats ´g (´g), Trans fats ´g (´g), 
Carbohydrate ´g (´ g), Sugars ´g (´g), Sodium ´mg (´mg), Claims 
nutritional content (% or ),other nutritional content (% or *).  
 Reference value not set. 









Appendix 1 Nutrition labeling form at (2) for prepackaged foods
 Nutrition Facts  
One serving contain s gram s (mL), 1 piece, tablet,  or grain, 1 pack, 1 spoo n, etc. 

This package contains    serving(s)  
                   E ach serving              D aily percentage 
reference value
(%) 
Calories               Kcal                          %
 
Proteins                 g                           %  
 
Fats                    g                           %  
 
 Saturated fats            g                           %  
  
Trans fats               g                           *  
 
Carbohydrates            g                         % 
 
Sugars                  g                           *  
 
Sodium                m g                         %  
 
Claims               g , mg, or µg                 %  or * 
nutri tional  content 
 
Other                g , mg, or µg                  %  or * 
nutri tional  content 
  
Daily reference value: 2000 Kcal of cal ories, 60 gram s of prot ein, 60 gram s 
of fat, 18 gram s of saturated fa ts, 300 gram s of carbohydrates, 2000 
milligram s of sodium , reported daily nut ritional reference values, and other 
daily nutri tional reference values 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note: Nutrition labeling on surf ace areas smaller than 100 cm2 may 
conform to the following format, placing labels at a prominent place 
on the package container: 

Nutrition Facts 
Per serving´ grams (or milliliters), 1 pi ece, tablet, or grain , 1 pack, 1 
spoon, etc.  This package contains ´serving(s). Per serving  (Daily 
percentage reference value): Calories´Kcal (´Kcal), Protein ´g (´g), 
Fats´g (´g), Saturated fats ´g (´g), Trans fats ´g (´g), Carbohydrate
´g (´g), Sugars ´g (´g), Sodium ´mg (´mg), Claims nutritional 
content (% or ), other nutritional content (% or *).  
 Reference value not set. 
 Appendix 2 Daily caloric  and other nutritional in take reference values 
Appropriate for 
Items Over 4 years 
old Between 1 and 
3 years old  Pregnant or 
nursi ng mothers
Caloric V alue 2000 Kcal  1200 Kcal  2200 Kcal  
Protein 60 g 20g 65 g 
Fat 60 g  65 g 
Carbohydrate 300 g  330 g 
Sodium  2000 m g 1200 m g 2000 m g 
Saturated fats 18 g  18 g 
cholesterol 300 mg  300 mg 
Dietary fiber 25 g 15 g 30 g 
Vitamin A(1)700 µg RE 400 µg RE 600 µg RE 
Vitamin B 1 1.4 m g 0.6 m g 1.1 m g 
Vitamin B 2 1.6 m g 0.7 m g 1.2 m g 
Vitamin B 6 1.6 m g 0.5 m g 1.9 m g 
Vitamin B 12 2.4 µg 0.9 µg 2.6 µg 
Vitamin C 100 m g 40 m g 110 m g 
Vitamin D 10 µg 5 µg 10 µg 

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Appropriate for  
Items Over 4 years 
old Between 1 
and 3 years 
old Pregnant or 
nursi ng mothers
Vitamin E(2)13 m g α-TE 5 mg α-TE 14 m g α-TE 
Vitamin K 120 µg 30 µg 90 µg 
Niacin 18 m g 9 mg 16 m g 
Folic acid 400 µg 170 µg 600 µg 
Pantotheni c acid 5 mg 2 mg 6 mg 
Biotin 30 µg 9 µg 30 µg 
Choline 500 m g 180 m g 410 m g 
Calcium  1200 m g 500 m g 1000 m g 
Phosphorus 1000 m g 400 m g 800 m g 
Iron 15 m g 10 m g 45 m g 
Iodine 140 µg 65 µg 200 µg 
Magnesium  390 m g 80 m g 355 m g 
Zinc 15 m g 5 mg 15 m g 
Fluorine 3 mg 0.7 m g 3 mg 
Selenium 55 µg 20 µg 60 µg 
Referen ce value no t set.
Annotation 1: RE is Retinol Equivalent. 
1 µg RE=1 µg Retinol=6 µg β-Carotene 
Annotation 2: α-TE is α-Tocopherol Equi valent. 
1 mg α-TE =1 mg α-Tocopherol
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Appendix 3 Conditions for “0” labeli ng of Caloric and Nutrients Value 
Items Conditions for “0” labeling  
Caloric V alue Nutritional contents of every 100 gram s of solid or  
100 m illiliters of liquid contained in this food 
product do not exceed 4 Kcal 
Protein 
Fat 
CarbohydrateNutritional contents of every 100 gram s of solid or  
100 m illiliters of liquid contained in this food 
product do not exceed 0.5 grams 
Sodium  Nutritional contents of every 100 gram s of solid or  
100 m illiliters of liquid contained in this food 
product do not exceed 5 m illigram s 
Saturated fatsNutritional contents of every 100 gram s of solid or  
100 m illiliters of liquid contained in this food 
product do not exceed 0.1 grams 
Trans fats  Total fat content for 100 gram s/milliliter of the food 
product does not exceed 1.0 gram s; or
Trans fat content per 100 gram s/milliliter of the
food product does not exceed 0.3 gram s 
Sugar Nutritional contents of every 100 gram s of solid or  
100 m illiliters of liquid contained in this food 
product do not exceed 0.5 grams 
 
 
 
 
 12Appendix 4 Range of allowable e rror for nutri tion l abeling values 
Items  Range of allowable error 
Proteins and Carbohydrates 80%-120% of the labeled value 
Calories , Fats, Saturated fats, T rans 
fats, Cholesterols, Sodium , and Sugars≤ 120% of the labeled value 
 
Amino acids
Vitamins (excluding Vitamins A and D) 
 
Minerals (excluding sodium ) 
 
Dietary fiber 
 
Other nutrients labeled volunta rily ≥ 80% of the labeled value 
Vitamins A and D 80%-180% of the labeled value 










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