Nutrition information on Food

[Iamcazzy]

I bought a pot of cottage cheese in my local Lidl store in the UK earlier today. It was quite delicious and creamy and I thought I'd take a look at the nutrition information to see how good (or bad!) it was for me.

To my surprise, there was no nutrition information at all on the packaging in any of the languages used on the tub. I had wanted to know how many calories were in the tub and the fat and protein figures but this information was not provided.

Is it legal to sell a food product nowadays without such information. The point is that all the other major supermarkets include this info on their packaging so how can Lidl get away with this? The product was made for Lidl in Germany.

Thank you.

[Buenchico]

A quick scan of the relevant page on the website of the Food Standards Agency suggests that there's no statutory requirement to provide nutritional information on packaged foods:
http://www.food.gov.uk/foodlabelling/ull/

Chris

[Iamcazzy]

Many thanks Chris. I am surprised that Lidl have not seen fit to declare this data on their packaging despite other supermarkets doing so. It seems so very unfair of them.

I am also surprised that despite this data being voluntarily declared by the food industry, almost all of them have decided to comply. Lidl seem to think otherwise.

I won't be buying anything there in future unless the packaging declares the nutritional information.