India Requirements – Calorie Count on Menus & Food Labeling

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has made it compulsory for food establishments across India to display calorie information into their menus as it is a crucial step towards helping citizens make informed choices when ordering or consuming food.

What are the consequences of not complying as per FSSAI?

The FSSAI has inspected over 500 food businesses across India, 71 of them were not compliant and said they would make the necessary changes.

Those that would fail to comply would be at risk of having their establishment shut down, 16 out of the 500 across India have failed to comply/not responded and therefore their food business is shut down.

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Which food establishments need to comply?

• Businesses that have Central License
• Outlets that have ten or more locations.
• E-Commerce FBOs “fixed base operator” selling food products of those FBOs mandated for declaration under Menu Labeling for such foods.

Explanatory Notes:

A few examples of Food Service Establishments that fall under the ambit of these Regulations are as follows:

• All Five Star Hotels (Central Licenses).
• One/Two/Three/Four Star Hotels with State License but having outlets at 10 or more locations; Restaurants having Central license.
• Restaurants/Clubs/Canteens with State Licenses having outlets at 10 or more locations.
• Flight/Railway Caterers having Central License; Departmental Canteens at the premises of Central Govt. Institutions.
• Cloud Kitchens/Dhabas with State Licenses having outlets at 10 or more locations.
• E-Commerce FBOs selling food products of those FBOs mandated for declaration under Menu Labeling for such foods.

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What information must be displayed into menus?

That would include:

• Calorific Value And Serving Size
• Allergen information
• Logos for Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian

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How can food establishments start implementing?

For starters, one would have to have all their recipes/ingredients saved “preferably in grams” so that nutritionists or softwares could extract all the necessary information. Click here to know the difference between nutritionists, food labs and NutriCal.

With NutriCal , you can easily calculate calories, macronutrients and other nutrients of your food recipes based on the ingredients and serving sizes used.

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