Healthy Eating Club Courses 
Nutrient Claims
Nutrient claims
are used by manufacturers to emphasise
the nutritional benefits of a product
they can make it easy to identify
foods with a particular benefit such as "low fat"
Audio Transcript
In 1995 the Australian New Zealand Food Authority developed a voluntary "Code of Practice on Nutrient Claims in Food Labels & in Advertisements"; this code is NOT legally binding (i.e it is not Food Law), but provides guidance to industry on terms for food labels. Some claims may be confusing, so you need to check the product's nutrition information panel or NIP, usually on the back of the product e.g "Lite" can refer to the flavour OR the fat content of the product - the NIP will reveal if the product is light in fat.
