Canada Nutrition Facts Labels and Templates
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2016 Health Canada Label Formats
Health Canada’s final amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) – Nutrition Labelling was published in the Canada Gazette on December 14, 2016.
Canada Standard Nutrition Facts Label
This is the most common label format. This format is recommended unless there isn’t enough continuous vertical space to do so.
Canada Tabular Nutrition Facts Label
If the package does not have enough continuous vertical space or the total available space is less than 40 square inches, you may use the tabular (horizontal) format instead.
Canada Linear Nutrition Facts Label
If the available labeling space is 40 square inches or less, and the shape cannot accommodate the “side-by-side” or tabular formats, you may use the linear format.
Canada Aggregate Nutrition Facts Label
An Aggregate Label may be used on the outer label of packages that contain two or more separately packaged foods that are intended to be eaten individually or on packages that are used interchangeably for the same type of food such as a variety pack of breakfast cereals. Additional, the Aggregate Label is suitable to display more than one amount in order to reflect different uses or different units of measure of a food. Information for each item is listed in a separate column.
Canada Dual Declaration Nutrition Facts Label
The Dual Declaration Label is used when the food requires further preparation, such as dry cake mixes and dry pasta products. One column lists information for the product “as packaged and one column for the product “as prepared.”
Canada Simplified Nutrition Facts Label
You can use the simplified format of these labels if the nutrient value for seven of the core nutrients is zero (0).
2003 Health Canada Label Formats
Canada Standard Nutrition Facts Label
This is the most common label format. This format is recommended unless there isn’t enough continuous vertical space to do so. If there is not enough space, you may use the side-by-side (split) format and place the footnote to the right of the label..
Canada Tabular Nutrition Facts Label
If the package does not have enough continuous vertical space or the total available space is less than 40 square inches, you may use the tabular (horizontal) format instead.
Canada Linear Nutrition Facts Label
If the available labeling space is 40 square inches or less, and the shape cannot accommodate the “side-by-side” or tabular formats, you may use the linear format.
Canada Aggregate Nutrition Facts Label
An Aggregate Label may be used on the outer label of packages that contain two or more separately packaged foods that are intended to be eaten individually or on packages that are used interchangeably for the same type of food such as a variety pack of breakfast cereals. Information for each item is listed in a separate column.
Canada Dual Declaration Nutrition Facts Labels
The Dual Declaration Label is used when the food requires further preparation, such as dry cake mixes and dry pasta products. One column lists information for the product “as packaged and one column for the product “as prepared.”
