The recently released FSSAI Labelling Regulations, 2020 grabbed a great deal of attention from everyone. The new regulations have made the display of the calorie count of food products on menu cards mandatory by 1st January 2022

Know the difference between packaged and processed food and make the correct choice for a healthier lifestyle.

A food label is any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on.

Have you tried searching online for images on food labels but got nutrition labels instead? Know the difference between them at FoLSol

Legal Metrology rules are a set of guidelines issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs that deal with measurements and measuring instruments

Food Label: A food label is the ID of the product giving us information about what's present inside the pack & different from Nutrition Labels

The sole purpose of nutrition labelling is to keep the consumer informed of the nutritional properties of the food which enables them to make the right food choices.

The ingredient list forms a very integral part of the food label giving information about what the food product is actually made of

Unlike other products in the market, food products are unique which requires date marking as a mandatory requirement. With food being perishable in nature, knowing its shelf life is critical.

'Health claim' means any claim that states, suggests or implies that a relationship exists between a food category, a food or one of its constituents, and health.

Flavouring substances may be natural, nature-identical or artificial extracts, preparations or substances, added to food to impart, modify, or enhance the flavour of food.

According to Codex, a food additive is defined as “ Any substance which is not normally consumed as a food, nor is it used as a basic food ingredient.