Humectants - used to stop foods drying out. Emulsifiers - keep fat distributed evenly through a food. Some additives fit into more than one of these categories. Labels are also not supposed to make health claims about foods. For example, a food label may not state that eating a particular food will prevent heart disease, bowel cancer or any other condition.
Milk is an excellent source of calcium.
It is the total diet that matters. Where the law does allow a nutritional claim, the label must also provide a panel with nutritional information about the food's protein, fat, carbohydrate, sodium, potassium and kilojoule levels plus the quantity of any other nutrient for which a claim is being made. Salt is also not added to any ingredients used in their preparation. The body makes most of its cholesterol and it is more likely to make too much when the diet is high in saturated fat. Some food labels state that the product does not contain one or more of these.