Fibre Count Declaration On Food Labels in Europe


Hi all,

I am not sure which is true because i did not find an exact info on regulations about this for Europe.

**Yes for USA it is clear fiber is counted as Carbohyrate on labels**

Question is for UE.

*Should we include fibre in carbohydrate count on food label in Europe*

Example:

If a food contains 10 g sucrose and 5 g inulin.

Which one is true ? 1 or 2?


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Attached article says;

**Dietary fibre is not accounted for within total carbohydrate on labelling.**

But there is no similar sentence in regulation documents.

Yes, there are some definitions as below ( REGULATION (EU) No 1169/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL );

but fibre can be absorbed after fermented by microorganisms in human colon so can we call them as carbohyrates?

> 7. ‘carbohydrate’ means any carbohydrate which is metabolised by humans, and includes polyols;

> 12. ‘fibre’ means carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, which are neither digested nor absorbed in
> the human small intestine and belong to the following categories:
> — edible carbohydrate polymers naturally occurring in the food as consumed,
> — edible carbohydrate polymers which have been obtained from food raw material by physical, enzymatic or
> chemical means and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific
> evidence,
> — edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally
> accepted scientific evidence,

[Dietary fibre definition revisited - The case of low molecular weight carbohydrates.pdf|attachment](upload://sAYlITQfmw43DrG6aeRRXHGpvKW.pdf) (1.6 MB)