Regulation 247

In these Regulations, “special purpose food” shall be a food named or described as particularly suitable for consumption by persons belonging to a particular class who require a special diet. It shall be composed of food substance modified, prepared or compounded so as to possess nutritive and assimilative properties which render it specially suitable for use as food by these persons requiring the special diet.

Special purpose food shall include diabetic food, food containing added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters, low sodium food, gluten-free food, low protein food, carbohydrate-modified food, low calorie food, energy food, infant formula food and formulated food.

Special purpose food may contain, unless otherwise prohibited under these Regulations, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other nutrient supplements.