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Bill establishes minimum percentages for full product say integral

02/12/2014

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Create standards for whole grain breads was the initial goal of the project 5.081-A/2013 law , authored by Mr Santo Onofre Agostini ( PSD / SC ) in the National Congress . But the text has been expanded and may ultimately regulate all whole food products such as biscuits, noodles , cakes and even flour . The expectation is the text reaches the Senate during this first semester and can be approved this year . Under the guidelines established by the project to the classification of the products in their packaging as integral or semi - integral :
 

Integral . The bill states that to use the term "integral " to the product packaging needs to be more than 51 % of whole grains in their composition

Semi - integral. The text also provides for the use of the " half- full " or words " with added wholemeal flour " for products containing between 15 % and 51 % whole grain formulation
 

Without mention .
For food they have in their less than 15 % whole grain percentage composition , no reference can not be made on the packaging , says the text , which might induce the consumer to understand that the product is wholly


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