Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

B.01.008.3 (1) If a prepackaged product contains one or more sugars-based ingredients, despite the order of presentation referred to in paragraph B.01.008.2(3)(a), the sugars-based ingredient or ingredients shall be shown in the list of ingredients, in parentheses, immediately following the term

• (a) “Sugars” in the English version of the list; and

• (b) “Sucres” in the French version of the list.

(2) The term “Sugars” referred to in subsection (1) shall be shown in the list of ingredients

• (a) in descending order of the proportion of all the sugars-based ingredients in the prepackaged product or as a percentage of the prepackaged product, and the order or percentage shall be the order or percentage of all the sugars-based ingredients before they are combined to form the product; and

• (b) separated from other ingredients by a bullet point or a comma.

(3) Each sugars-based ingredient mentioned immediately following the term “Sugars” shall be shown,

• (a) despite paragraph B.01.008.2(3)(b), entirely in lower case letters; and

• (b) in the case of more than one sugars-based ingredient,

  • (i) in descending order of its proportion of the prepackaged product as prescribed by subsection B.01.008.2(3), and

  • (ii) separated by a comma.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to the following prepackaged products:

• (a) a sweetening agent;

• (b) fruit or vegetable juice or vegetable drink that does not contain any sweetening agent, as well as any mixture of those juices and drinks, including any of those juices and drinks

  • (i) to which fruit or vegetable purée or any mixture of those purées has been added,

  • (ii) that are reconstituted, or

  • (iii) that are a concentrate intended for dilution and consumption as juice or drink;

• (c) fruit or vegetable purée that does not contain any sweetening agent as well as any mixture of those purées;

• (d) prepackaged products that contain only one sugars-based ingredient that contains the word “sugar” in its common name; and

• (e) formulated liquid diets, human milk fortifiers and human milk substitutes.

B.01.009 (1) Components of ingredients or of classes of ingredients set out in the following table are not required to be shown on a label:

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a preparation or mixture set out in the table to this subsection is added to a food, the ingredients and components of the preparation or mixture are not required to be shown on the label of that food.

(3) Where a preparation or mixture set out in the table to subsection (2) is added to a food, and the preparation or mixture contains one or more of the following ingredients or components, those ingredients or components shall be shown by their common names in the list of the ingredients of the food to which they are added as if they were ingredients of that food:

• (a) salt;

• (b) glutamic acid or its salts;

• (c) hydrolyzed plant protein;

• (d) aspartame;

• (e) potassium chloride; and

• (f) any ingredient or component that performs a function in, or has any effect on, that food.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), where any of the following components is contained in an ingredient set out in the tables to those subsections, that component shall be shown in the list of ingredients:

• (a) peanut oil;

• (b) hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated peanut oil; and

• (c) modified peanut oil.

(5) [Repealed, SOR/2011-28, s. 2]