Objectives
The Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food (CRSS) , the Food and Health Bureau and the Centre for Food Safety of the Food Environmental Hygiene Department have jointly introduced a voluntary “Salt / Sugar” Label Scheme for Prepackaged Food Products (the Scheme) to help consumers identify low-salt-low-sugar products more easily and make informed choices. It is also wished that the Scheme will serve as a catalyst for the trade to provide more varieties of low-salt-low-sugar products for consumers.
Details of the Scheme
Design of Label
- A set of 4 labels: “Low Salt”, “No Salt”, “Low Sugar” and “No Sugar”.
- 3 language versions: Chinese, English, Bilingual.
- Available in colour and black-and-white version.
Colour version
Bilingual
Chinese
English
Black-and-white version
Bilingual
Chinese
English
Applicable Products
Any prepackaged food falling within the definition of “low salt”, “no salt”, “low sugar” and “no sugar” under the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations (Cap. 132 W).
| Nutrient | Description of claim | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium (Salt) | Low | Food, solid or liquid, containing not more than 0.12 g of sodium per 100 g/mL of food. |
| No | Food, solid or liquid, containing not more than 0.005 g of sodium per 100 g/mL of food. | |
| Sugars | Low |
Solid food containing not more than 5 g of sugars per 100 g of food; or liquid food containing not more than 5 g of sugars per 100 mL of food. |
| No |
Solid food containing not more than 0.5 g of sugars per 100 g of food; or liquid food containing not more than 0.5 g of sugars per 100 mL of food. |
Great Flexibility for the Trade
- Voluntary participation.
- The trade may decide the size of the label(s) on their own but the label(s) should be clear and legible.
- Labels should be printed or stuck prominently on the food packaging.
Download label file
Colour version (with pantone number)
- Label file (Colour / Bilingual version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Colour / Bilingual version) (AI file)
- Label file (Colour / Chinese version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Colour / Chinese version) (AI file)
- Label file (Colour / English version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Colour / English version) (AI file)
Black-and-white version
- Label file (Black-and-white / Bilingual version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Black-and-white / Bilingual version) (AI file)
- Label file (Black-and-white / Chinese version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Black-and-white / Chinese version) (AI file)
- Label file (Black-and-white / English version) (JPEG file)
- Label file (Black-and-white / English version) (AI file)
How to participate in the Scheme
- Only need to notify the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) , no prior approval from CFS is required.
- Trade members are requested to complete the Notification Form of Implementation of “Salt / Sugar” Label Scheme for Prepackaged Food Products (FEHB 277) and send it together with the relevant product information to the CFS. Trade members may also notify the CFS through a submittable e-Form (FEHB 277).
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The trade is recommended to notify CFS as soon as possible when or after the relevant products containing the label(s) under the Scheme are available in the market.
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Information of the products under the Scheme will be uploaded to this website.
- If the label(s) could not be displayed on the food packaging, trade members are welcome to display the label(s) on the publicity materials of the relevant food outside the Scheme.