Hi all,
I am not sure which is true because i did not find an exact info on regulations about this for Europe.
Yes for USA it is clear fiber is counted as Carbohyrate on labels
Question is for UE.
Should we include fibre in carbohydrate count on food label in Europe
Example:
If a food contains 10 g sucrose and 5 g inulin.
Which one is true ? 1 or 2?
Attached article says;
Dietary fibre is not accounted for within total carbohydrate on labelling.
But there is no similar sentence in regulation documents.
Yes, there are some definitions as below ( REGULATION (EU) No 1169/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL );
but fibre can be absorbed after fermented by microorganisms in human colon so can we call them as carbohyrates?
- ‘carbohydrate’ means any carbohydrate which is metabolised by humans, and includes polyols;
- ‘fibre’ means carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, which are neither digested nor absorbed in
the human small intestine and belong to the following categories:
— edible carbohydrate polymers naturally occurring in the food as consumed,
— edible carbohydrate polymers which have been obtained from food raw material by physical, enzymatic or
chemical means and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific
evidence,
— edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally
accepted scientific evidence,
Dietary fibre definition revisited - The case of low molecular weight carbohydrates.pdf (1.6 MB)