page_title: Food labelling in Canada
section_title: Nutrition labelling
hierarchical_section_title: Food labelling in Canada / Requirements / Nutrition labelling
caption_attribution_description: English: A government-mandated nutrition facts label from Canada.
context_page_description: Federal responsibility for Canadian food labelling requirements is shared between two departments, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. All labelling information that is provided on food labels or in advertisements, as required by legislation, must be accurate, truthful and not misleading. Ingredient lists must accurately reflect the contents and their relative proportions in a food. Nutrition facts tables must accurately reflect the amount of a nutrient present in a food. Net quantity declarations must accurately reflect the amount of food in the package. Certain claims, such as those relating to nutrient content, organic, kosher, halal and certain disease-risk reduction claims, are subject to specific regulatory requirements in addition to the prohibitions in the various acts. For claims that are not subject to specific regulatory requirements, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and/or Health Canada provide interpretive guidance that assist industry in compliance.
context_section_description: By law, nearly all products have a nutrition label in Canada. The nutrition label gives you information about the product including, its serving size, calories, and its percentage of the 13 core nutrients that Canada deems necessary. These nutrients include fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrate, fibre, sugars, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron. All of these nutrients, except for vitamins and minerals, are recorded based on a reasonable daily intake percentage. Vitamins and minerals are based on a recommended daily intake (RDI). These differ in that one is based on what one is expected to eat in a day, while the other is based on what the government recommends one consume in a day. However, all nutrients are recorded onto the same label with the same guidelines that is prescribed by the Food and Drug Regulations. These guidelines determine that the nutrition label must be clearly and predominantly displayed on the package to the manufacturer as well as clearly visible to the consumer at the time of purchase.
  According to the Canadian Government, the following foods are exempted from being required to have a food label:
  Fresh fruits and vegetables
  Raw meat and poultry
  Raw seafood
  Foods prepared or processed in store (i.e. bakery items, salads)
  Foods that contain very few nutrients (i.e. tea, coffee)
  Alcoholic beverages
  What most Canadians use nutrition labels for:
  Compare two food products
  Be well informed in regards to nutrients so that the consumer has the ability to make a healthy choice should they want to
  Have the ability to better manage special diets (i.e. low-carb diet)
  Eat more or less of a nutrient
  See how much of a daily nutrient one is taking
caption: A Canadian nutrition Label displaying information in both English and French
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