QUID: showing percentages

QUID stands for Quantitative Ingredient Declaration. It tells customers how much of an ingredient a food contains, as a percentage.

On prepacked food, QUID is needed when an ingredient appears in the name of the food or is usually linked with that name. It is also needed when an ingredient is emphasised in words, pictures or graphics, or when it is essential to tell the food apart from similar products.

On PPDS food the rule is narrower, because QUID applies only to meat products. Show the percentage in brackets after the ingredient, as in 'pork (80%)', or in or next to the name, as in 'containing 80% pork'. There are exemptions, including ready-to-eat food sold by mass caterers.

Here is a worked example. A butcher wraps pork sausages and sells them from a chilled cabinet. The label needs the name, the ingredients list with allergens emphasised, and the percentage of pork. Loose meat products need a QUID too.