Food Nutrition Testing & Label Claims — FSSAI Rules for Export from India
Packaged food exporters must match nutrition panel values to lab results — FSSAI labelling rules and destination-market overlays for EU/US/GCC.
Food Nutrition Testing & Label Claims — FSSAI Rules for Export from India
Your nutrition facts panel is a legal claim. FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) expects Energy, Protein, Carbohydrate, Total Sugars, Added Sugars, Fat, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat and Sodium to reflect validated values — not spreadsheet guesses.
Testing vs label
Proximate analysis (protein, fat, moisture, ash), ** carbohydrate by difference**, fatty acid profile for saturated/trans claims, and ICP for sodium. Mismatch between label and lab report triggers recall risk in regulated markets.
Export overlays
EU FIC Regulation and US FDA Nutrition Facts use different rounding rules — one FSSAI-compliant panel may need market-specific recalculation even when the underlying lab data is the same.
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