Food and Drug Regulations

B.01.020 (1) The label of a food that is a table-top sweetener that contains acesulfame-potassium shall carry the following information:

• (a) a statement, on the principal display panel, to the effect that the food contains acesulfame-potassium or is sweetened with acesulfame-potassium, in letters of at least the same size and prominence as the characters used for showing the numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity as required under section 14 of the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations;

• (b) a statement, on any part of the label, setting out the sweetness per serving, expressed in terms of the amount of sugar required to produce an equivalent degree of sweetness; and

• (c) a statement setting out the acesulfame-potassium content expressed in milligrams per serving of stated size.

(2) The label of a food that is a table-top sweetener that contains acesulfame-potassium may carry the word Low-Calorie if the energy value of a serving of the sweetener that is equivalent in sweetness to one teaspoon (5 g) of sugar is no greater than two calories.