Nutritional analysis of food (EU 1169/2011) (BIG 7)

The nutrition declaration should appear on the label of most packaged foodstuffs. The Food Information Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 defines what information must appear on the label.

This nutritional analysis package includes the following parameters:

• Moisture

• Ash

• Total fat (solvent extraction following acid hydrolysis)

• Fatty acid composition (including sum parameter for saturated fat, more detailed parameter list available upon request)

• Protein (Kjeldahl method)

• Sugar profile (HPLC-PAD method) including fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sucrose

• NaCl calculated from sodium (Na) (ICP method)

• Calculated carbohydrate and energy content

The used methods are subject to change depending on the food matrix. Accreditation of test methods might also vary depending on the food matrix.