Food and Drug Regulations

B.14.089 No person shall sell a simulated meat product that resembles regular ground beef, medium ground beef or lean ground beef, unless that product

• (a) has a total protein content of not less than 16 per cent;

• (b) has a protein quality of not less than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4;

• (c) has a fat content of

  • (i) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being regular,

  • (ii) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being medium, or

  • (iii) not more than that set out in column 3 for that item of the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food, as determined by the corresponding method set out in column 4, if the product is represented as being lean;

• (d) contains, notwithstanding sections D.01.009 and D.02.009, each vitamin and mineral nutrient listed in Column I of the Table to this Division in an amount not less than the amount shown in Column II of that Table opposite each such vitamin and mineral nutrient, respectively; and

• (e) where isolated essential amino acids have been added, contains those acids in an amount not exceeding an amount that improves the nutritional quality of the protein.