Front-of-package nutrition labelling

The figure on the left shows a nutrition symbol for the principal display panel that indicates that a prepackaged product is high in saturated fat and sodium. This symbol is bilingual, with the English text shown first, followed by the French text. There is a white rectangular box outlined by a thin black line. At the top of the box is a heading composed of the words "High in" followed by a forward slash and the words "Élevé en" in black, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "High" and "Élevé" are in upper case. Under the heading is a left-justified black magnifying glass with three bars stacked to its right. There is a small amount of white space between the magnifying glass and the left side of the three bars. This left side forms a concave curve that follows the curvature of the magnifying glass. There is a small amount of white space between each bar, as well as between the right side of the bars and the thin black line that outlines the box. The first bar is black and contains the words "Sat fat" followed by a forward slash and the words "Gras sat." in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "Sat" and "Gras" are in upper case. The second bar is white, is outlined by a thin black line and contains no words. The third bar is black and contains the word "Sodium" in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter is in upper case. Centred at the bottom of the box are the words "Health Canada" followed by a forward slash and the words "Santé Canada" in black, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case.

The figure on the right shows a nutrition symbol for the principal display panel that indicates that a prepackaged product is high in saturated fat and sodium. This symbol is bilingual, with the English text shown first, followed by the French text. There is a white rectangular box outlined by a thin black line. At the top left of the box is a black magnifying glass. To the right of the magnifying glass is a heading composed of the words "High in" above the words "Élevé en" in black, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "High" and "Élevé" are in upper case. Under the heading are three bars that are stacked. There is a small amount of white space between each bar, as well as between both ends of the bars and the thin black line that outlines the box. The first bar is black and contains the words "Sat fat" above the words "Gras sat." in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "Sat" and "Gras" are in upper case.

The second bar is white, is outlined by a thin black line and contains no words. The third bar is black and contains the word "Sodium" in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter is in upper case. Centred at the bottom of the box are the words "Health Canada" above the words "Santé Canada" in black, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case.

This figure shows three food packages of different shapes and sizes to illustrate the size, location and presentation of the nutrition symbol. There is a small, rectangular, 4 piece chocolate bar in the upper left-hand corner, a 500 mL cylindrical glass bottle of fruit juice in the bottom left hand corner, and a 198 g bag of popcorn taking up the whole right-hand side.

• Chocolate bar: The package in the upper left corner is a chocolate bar in a black and blue package. In the top right corner is a nutrition symbol that indicates that the product is high in saturated fat and sugars. This symbol is bilingual, with the English text shown first, followed by the French text. There is a white rectangular box outlined by a thin black line. At the top of the box is a heading composed of the words "High in" followed by a forward slash and the words "Élevé en" in black, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "High" and "Élevé" are in upper case. Under the heading is a left-justified black magnifying glass with three bars stacked to its right. There is a small amount of white space between the magnifying glass and the left side of the three bars. This left side forms a concave curve that follows the curvature of the magnifying glass. There is a small amount of white space between each bar, as well as between the right side of the bars and the thin black line that outlines the box. The first bar is black and contains the words "Sat fat" followed by a forward slash and the words "Gras sat." in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "Sat" and "Gras" are in upper case. The second bar is black and contains the word "Sugars" followed by a forward slash and the word "Sucres" in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case. The third bar is white, is outlined by a thin black line and contains no words. Centred at the bottom of the box are the words "Health Canada" followed by a forward slash and the words "Santé Canada" in black, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case. In the top left corner of the package is the brand name "Nostalgic Bites". In the middle of the package are the words "Milk chocolate" followed by a bullet and the words "Chocolat au lait" in orange uppercase letters. Below this are the words "Everton's chocobar" in blue uppercase letters. There is an image on the right of the package showing two chocolate squares. On the bottom left corner of the label is the net quantity, "35g" in white letters.
• Popcorn: The package on the right side is of a blue bag of popcorn. In the top right corner is a nutrition symbol that indicates that the product is high in sodium. This symbol is bilingual, with the English text shown first, followed by the French text. There is a white rectangular box outlined by a thin black line. At the top of the box is a heading composed of the words "High in" followed by a forward slash and the words "Élevé en" in black, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the words "High" and "Élevé" are in upper case. Under the heading is a left-justified black magnifying glass with three bars stacked to its right. There is a small amount of white space between the magnifying glass and the left side of the three bars. This left side forms a concave curve that follows the curvature of the magnifying glass. There is a small amount of white space between each bar, as well as between the right side of the bars and the thin black line that outlines the box. The first and second bars are white, are outlined by a thin black line and contain no words. The third bar is black and contains the word "Sodium" in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter is in upper case. Centred at the bottom of the box are the words "Health Canada" followed by a forward slash and the words "Santé Canada" in black, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case. In the top left corner of the package is the brand name "Avery & Sons". Centered towards the top of the bag is the word "Ordinary", in pink arched uppercase letters. Centered below it, in the middle of the bag, is the word "pop", in pink lowercase letters with each letter outlined in white. Behind the word "pop" is a top view of a yellow bowl of popcorn. Two popcorn kernels are on the right side of the bowl and three on the left side. Centered below the image is the word "Ordinaire", in pink arched uppercase letters. Centered towards the bottom of the bag is the word "Popcorn" followed by a bullet and the words "Maïs Soufflé" in blue uppercase letters. These words are in a white rounded rectangle. In the bottom left corner of the bag is the net weight of "198 g" in white.
• Juice: The package in the bottom left corner is a glass bottle of fruit juice. On the top right of the orange label attached to the juice bottle is a nutrition symbol that indicates that the product is high in sugars. This symbol is in English only. There is a white rectangular box outlined by a thin black line. At the top of the box is the heading "High in" in black, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter of the first word is in upper case. Under the heading is a left-justified black magnifying glass with three bars stacked to its right. There is a small amount of white space between the magnifying glass and the left side of the three bars. This left side forms a concave curve that follows the curvature of the magnifying glass. There is a small amount of white space between each bar, as well as between the right side of the bars and the thin black line that outlines the box. The first and third bars are white, are outlined by a thin black line and contain no words. The second bar is black and contains the word "Sugars" in white, bold, lower case letters, except that the first letter is in upper case. Centred at the bottom of the box are the words "Health Canada" in black, lower case letters, except that the first letter of each word is in upper case. On the top left corner of the orange label is the brand name, "Hinton's". Below this, toward the centre of the label is the word "Tropical" in orange, cursive text, with the word "Twist" underneath in red, cursive text. Running diagonally through the center of the label from the lower left side to the upper right side are the words: "citrus, mango, pineapple" in green, bold, uppercase letters. Centered behind these words is a picture of a stack of tropical fruit slices: orange, lemon, grapefruit, pineapple and mango. There is a splash of orange coloured juice coming from the top of the orange slice. On the bottom left corner of label is the net quantity of the bottle, "500 mL" in black letters.