Table 1.
Proportion of 5686 packaged food products in 2014 meeting Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) guidance for nutrition labelling and proportion labelled with sodium
| Meet FSSAI regulation | Na labelled | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | % | n/N | % | |
| Bread and bakery products | 378/600 | 63 | 162/600 | 27 |
| Biscuits | 303/395 | 77 | 109/395 | 28 |
| Cereal and grain products | 339/771 | 44 | 225/771 | 29 |
| Indian breakfast products | 50/70 | 71 | 42/70 | 60 |
| Breakfast cereal | 96/113 | 85 | 68/113 | 60 |
| Noodles | 54/66 | 82 | 27/66 | 41 |
| Confectionery | 183/346 | 53 | 91/346 | 26 |
| Convenience foods | 124/174 | 71 | 116/174 | 67 |
| Ready meals | 70/74 | 95 | 49/74 | 66 |
| Soup | 43/86 | 50 | 61/86 | 71 |
| Dairy and dairy alternatives | 185/289 | 64 | 130/289 | 45 |
| Processed cheese | 15/46 | 33 | 41/46 | 89 |
| Edible oils and oil emulsions | 21/142 | 15 | 8/142 | 6 |
| Fish and fish products | 21/46 | 46 | 31/46 | 67 |
| Canned fish | 9/18 | 50 | 16/18 | 89 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 244/1219 | 20 | 308/1219 | 25 |
| Canned vegetables | 29/34 | 85 | 24/34 | 71 |
| Pickled vegetables | 45/57 | 79 | 43/57 | 75 |
| Herbs and spices | 516/543 | 95 | 105/543 | 19 |
| Meat and meat products | 15/61 | 25 | 12/61 | 20 |
| Non-alcoholic beverages | 310/659 | 47 | 158/659 | 24 |
| Sauces and spreads | 235/572 | 41 | 271/572 | 47 |
| Meal-based sauces | 97/187 | 52 | 98/187 | 52 |
| Table sauces | 23/62 | 37 | 33/62 | 53 |
| Snack foods | 292/504 | 58 | 200/504 | 40 |
| Extruded snacks | 41/60 | 68 | 9/60 | 15 |
| Indian snack food | 184/322 | 57 | 127/322 | 39 |
| Sugars, honey and related products | 26/145 | 18 | 35/145 | 24 |
| Special foods | 95/158 | 60 | 74/158 | 47 |
| TOTAL | 2468/5686 | 43 | 1812/5686 | 32 |