Table 4.

Nutritional criteria used to define excessive content of sugars, total fat, saturated fat and sodium for the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay according to the draft regulation and the three decrees approved between 2018 and 2020

Decree	Sugars	Total fat*	Saturated fat*	Sodium
Draft	10 % of calories from sugar†	30 % of calories from fat	10 % of calories from fat	1 mg/kcal or 360 mg/100 g
272/018	20 % of calories from sugar or 3 g/100 g†,‡	35 % of calories from fat	12 % of calories from fat	8 mg/kcal or 500 mg/100 g§
246/020	Solids: 10 g or 12 g/100 g for products without non-nutritive sweeteners and energies from sugar < 80 % of total energies and Liquids: 3 g/100 ml or 5 g/100 ml for products without non-nutritive sweeteners or 7 g/100 g for products without non-nutritive sweeteners and energies from sugar < 80 % of total calories	Solids: 9 g/100 g Liquids: 4 g/100 ml	Solids: 4 g/100 g Liquids: 3 g/100 ml	Solids: 400 mg/100 g Liquids: 200 mg/100 ml
034/021	Solids†: 13 g/100 g Liquids†: 3 g/100 ml or 5 g/100 ml for products without non-nutritive sweeteners or 7 g/100 g for products without non-nutritive sweeteners and energies from sugar < 80 % of total calories	Solids: 13 g/100 g Liquids: 4 g/100 ml	Solids: 6 g/100 g Liquids: 3 g/100 ml	Solids: 500 mg/100 g Liquids: 200 mg/100 ml

^*Fats from whole nuts and seeds used as ingredients in a food are not considered.

^†Lactose and sugars from whole fruits and vegetables used as ingredients are not considered.

^‡Products complying with the following three criteria are exempted from including a sugar warning: (i) sugar content < 7 g/100 g; (ii) do not contain non-nutritive sweeteners and (iii) calories from sugar < 80 % of total calories.

^§If calorie content is <13 kcal/100 g, the criteria is set in 100 mg/100 g.