Korea Issues Partial Amendment on Nutrition Standards for High-Calorie Foods with Low Nutritional Value

On June 16, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea published a regulation on the “Nutrition Standards for High-Calorie Foods with Low Nutritional Value” per Article 46 of the Administrative Procedure Act.

The document highlights the following points for consideration:

• Article 3{1) replaces the text “Food substitute" with "meal replacement”;
• Soup noodles/noodles are now referred to as “noodles (applicable only to container noodles);
• Meal replacement standards for Children’s favorite food have been revised for Sodium, Saturated Fat, etc.

The draft is open for public comments until July 06, 2023.

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