Food and Drug Regulations

B.09.017 [S]. Calorie-Reduced Margarine

• (a) shall conform to the standard for margarine except it shall contain not more than

  • (i) 40 per cent fat, oil or fat and oil calculated as fat, and

  • (ii) 50 per cent of the calories that would be normally present in the product if it were not calorie-reduced;

• (b) subject to paragraph (c), may contain, either singly or in combination, in an amount not exceeding 0.5 per cent,

  • (i) acacia gum,

  • (ii) agar,

  • (iii) algin,

  • (iv) carob bean gum,

  • (v) carrageenan,

  • (vi) furcelleran,

  • (vii) gellan gum,

  • (viii) guar gum,

  • (ix) karaya gum,

  • (x) propylene glycol alginate,

  • (xi) tragacanth gum, and

  • (xii) xanthan gum;

• (c) may

  • (i) if it contains none of the ingredients mentioned in paragraph (b), contain polyglycerol esters of fatty acids in an amount not exceeding 0.2 per cent, or

  • (ii) if it contains a combination of one or more of the ingredients mentioned in paragraph (b) and polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, contain such esters in an amount not exceeding 0.2 per cent, provided that the total combination of such esters and ingredients does not exceed an amount of 0.5 per cent;

• (d) notwithstanding subparagraph B.09.016(c)(x), may contain lecithin in an amount not exceeding 0.5 per cent; and

• (e) may contain

  • (i) vegetable starch,

  • (ii) modified vegetable starch, and

  • (iii) maltodextrin.