Due to the opening of the national three-child policy, the pregnancy and infant industry has shown a trend of high-end and quality development, and the nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers, as one of the subdivisions of the pregnancy and infant industry, its market development has gradually accelerated. In this article, the definition, labeling and the differences between nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers and maternal milk powder are sorted out from the perspective of regulations for enterprises reference.
01 Definition
The classification of nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers is relatively special in China, which is different from "health food" and "general food". It belongs to a class of foods for special dietary uses, and is produced and processed in response to nutrition-related problems such as insufficient intake of high-quality protein and a variety of micronutrients existing in pregnant women and nursing mothers in China.
According to the definition in GB 31601-2015 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Supplement Food for Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers (hereinafter referred to as GB 31601), nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers refer to:
A kind of foods for special dietary uses for pregnant women and lactating mothers made of high-quality protein and a variety of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals, etc.). Among them, high-quality protein should come from one or more of soybean, soybean products, milk and dairy products, whose content accounts for 18%-35% of the quantity of nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers.
02 Requirements for labeling
1) The label of nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers should comply with GB 13432. The name of the food should be marked "nutritional supplement food for pregnant women" or "nutritional supplement food for nursing mothers" or "nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers" according to suitable people.
2) The label should also be marked "this product cannot replace a normal diet", "this product adds a variety of micronutrients, and be careful of the dosage when consumed with other similar products".
03 Nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers VS maternal milk powder
Nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers belongs to food for special dietary uses, which is a kind of high-density nutritional supplement food, and the requirement for content of micronutrients in such product is significantly higher than that of fortified maternal milk powder. The technical indicators should meet the requirements of GB 31601-2015 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Supplement Food for Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers, and the label should meet the requirements of GB 13432-2013 National Food Safety Standard the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods for Special Dietary Uses.
Maternal milk powder belongs to formulated milk powder in general food, which should meet the requirements of GB 19644-2010 National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder, and enterprises can voluntarily fortify certain nutrients in the product according to the requirements of GB 14880-2012 National Food Safety Standard Food Standard for the Use of Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods. The labels of such product should comply with the requirements of GB 7718-2011 National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods and GB 28050-2011 National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods.
Conclusion
With the increasing market demand of nutritional supplement food for pregnant women and nursing mothers, the research of this category needs to be more in-depth. At the same time, the legal and regulation system of the entire industry should be improved, so as to promote the high-quality development of the industry and provide nutritional security for special groups such as pregnant women and nursing mothers.
Source: Antion
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