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There are many nutrition or claims that can be put on food packets. These may help you with your food choices. It still helps to read the nutrition information panel as well.

Learn how to read food labels

Nutrition Claim	What it means
Low fat	no more than 3 g fat per 100 g of solid food or no more than 1.5 g fat per 100 ml of liquid food
Fat free	no more than 0.15 g fat per 100 g of food
Reduced fat	less than 25 per cent fat than the same amount of the original food, may still be high in fat
Low cholesterol	no more than 10 mg cholesterol per 100 ml of liquid food or 20 mg per 100 g of solid food. The food must also be low in fat.
Toasted or oven baked	the food is likely to have been cooked in oil or fat and may be high in fat, it is best to check the label
Low salt	must have no more than 120 mg of sodium per 100 g of food
No added salt	no extra salt has been added
Reduced salt	must have at least 25 per cent less salt than the original food, may still be high in salt (check the label)
Low in sugar	no more than 5 g of sugar per 100 g of solid food or 2.5 g of sugar per 100 ml of liquid food.
No added sugar	no extra sugar has been added, but the food may still have a large amount of natural sugar (check the ingredients list)
Reduced sugar	at least 25 per cent less sugar than in the same quantity of the original food, may still be high in sugar (check the label)
Sugar free	no more than 0.2 g of sugar per 100 g
Unsweetened	no added sugar or artificial sweetener
Low joule or low calorie	no more than 170 kJ per 100 g of food, or no more than 80 kJ per 100 ml of liquid food, these foods are usually artificially sweetened
Good source of fibre	at least 4 g dietary fibre per serve of food
Excellent source of fibre	at least 7 g dietary fibre per serve of food

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