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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/1169",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS",
  "text": "1..‘nutrition declaration’ or ‘nutrition labelling’ means information stating the:\n(a)energy value; or\n(b)energy value and one or more of the following nutrients only:\nfat (saturates, mono-unsaturates, polyunsaturates),\ncarbohydrate (sugars, polyols, starch),\nsalt,\nfibre,\nprotein,\nany of the vitamins or minerals listed in point 1 of Part A of Annex XIII, and present in significant amounts as defined in point 2 of Part A of Annex XIII,\n2..‘fat’ means total lipids, and includes phospholipids;\n3..‘saturates’ means fatty acids without double bond;\n4..‘trans fat’ means fatty acids with at least one non-conjugated (namely interrupted by at least one methylene group) carbon-carbon double bond in the trans configuration;\n5..‘mono-unsaturates’ means fatty acids with one cis double bond;\n6..‘polyunsaturates’ means fatty acids with two or more cis, cis-methylene interrupted double bonds;\n7..‘carbohydrate’ means any carbohydrate which is metabolised by humans, and includes polyols;\n8..‘sugars’ means all monosaccharides and disaccharides present in food, but excludes polyols;\n9..‘polyols’ means alcohols containing more than two hydroxyl groups;\n10..‘protein’ means the protein content calculated using the formula: protein = total Kjeldahl nitrogen × 6,25;\n11..‘salt’ means the salt equivalent content calculated using the formula: salt = sodium × 2,5;\n12..‘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:\nedible carbohydrate polymers naturally occurring in the food as consumed,\nedible 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,\nedible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific evidence,\n13..‘average value’ means the value which best represents the amount of the nutrient which a given food contains, and reflects allowances for seasonal variability, patterns of consumption and other factors which may cause the actual value to vary.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/I",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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