Accuracy of nutritional information?

whatthegub

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could tell me how accurate Nutritional Values are on food packaging (maybe more specifically to the UK).

Thank you!

whatthegub

Mycophilia

Dunno about the UK, but here in Norway it's pretty spot on.

whatthegub

Thanks for your quick reply.

TimothyFish

The nature of food is that the numbers on the package could be off by as much as 20%.

Liftng4Lis

Pretty sure they have a 20% leeway in the US.

sp940

I got curious so I looked into it. Didn't find the exact percentage but it's got to be there somewhere.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/contents/made

whatthegub

Thanks for the replies, peeps.

sp940 wrote: »

I got curious so I looked into it. Didn't find the exact percentage but it's got to be there somewhere.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/contents/made

Thanks for the source, the closest I could find to what I was looking for was here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/schedule/7/made