[Background]
- General foods containing functional ingredients of health supplements in amounts ranging from 30% to the maximum daily intake can display functional information about the ingredients (since December 2020).
1) Functional foods are required to display information about the functional ingredients or components on the main label, while the content of the functional ingredients can be shown in a separate functional labeling format.
2) However, since information related to the product's functionality is split between the main label and the functional labeling format, consumers find it difficult to understand how much of the functional ingredient is in each serving.
3) Additionally, the current regulations that require functional ingredient content to be displayed on information labels are similar to the functional labeling of health supplements, which could lead to consumer confusion or misidentification.
4) Therefore, it is necessary to improve the labeling method to make the functional content more intuitive for consumers and to prevent confusion with health supplements.
[Regulatory Content]
- Revise the regulations so that the functional ingredient content (e.g., "B, known to help A, is included") and the functional ingredient content per serving, currently displayed separately, are both shown on the main label.