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Endorsement Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS FOR MARKING PRODUCTS

WITH THE GIFSA LOGO:

 

FREQUENT FOODS


(Green Plus)

(Low fat Low GI)

OFTEN FOODS


(Green)

(Lower fat Low GI)

SPECIAL TREATS


(Orange)

(Lower/Medium Fat Intermediate GI or Medium fat Low GI)

BEST AFTER/WITH
EXERCISE

(Red)

(Lower fat High GI or
Medium Fat High GI)
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FOODGROUP:DAIRY

FOODGROUP:DAIRY

FOODGROUP: FATS

Maximum quantities allowed

Frequent Foods

(Green+)

None

Often Foods

(Green)

None

Special Treats

(Orange)

Total fat: 5g/100ml (coconut milk)

15g/100g (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

No added fat (nuts and seeds and -butters)

60g/100g (margarines and low fat spreads)

Mono-unsaturated Fat: 40% or more per 100ml (oils)

At least 1g/100ml (coconut milk)

At least 3g/100g (margarines and low fat spreads)

> 25% of total fat (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

At least 20g/100g, unless > 1g/100g of the PUFAs are omega 3s (nuts and -butters)

At least 10g/100g, unless >1g/100g of the PUFAs are omega 3s (seeds and -butters)

Saturated Fat : 25% of total fat (oils, nuts, seeds, nut and seed butters)

4g/100ml (coconut milk)

7.0g/100g (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

20g/100g (margarine and low fat spreads)

Trans fat: 0.3g/100g (oils, coconut milk, nuts, seeds and nut and seed butters)

0.5g/100g (margarines, low fat spreads, Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

Cholesterol: 1mg/100g (oils, coconut milk, margarines, low fat spreads, nuts and seeds and nut and seed butters)

50mg/100g (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

Sodium: 500mg/100g (margarines, low fat spreads and seed- and nut butters)

25mg/100ml (coconut milk)

120mg/100g (nuts)

300mg/serving (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressing).

Fibre: N/A (except for nuts, seeds and -butters: inherent)

Added fructose: N/A (oils, margarines and low fat spreads and coconut milk)

10g/100g (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressing)

no added fructose (nuts)

Added fructose and/or sugar: 10/100g in total (seed- and nut butters)

Sugar alcohols and non-digestible oligosaccharides:

N/A (oils and coconut milk)

5g/100g (Lite margarines and low fat spreads)

10g/100g (Lite mayonnaise and salad dressing)

No added (nuts and seeds and -butters)

GI: 0 - 55 (nuts, seeds and -butters and salad dressings)

GL: <4 per serving (nuts, Lite mayonnaise and salad dressings)

<4 per serving of 30g (nut- and seed butters)

Best with Exercise

(Red)

None

Compiled by Liesbet Delport RD (SA) and Gabi Steenkamp RD (SA)

References:

1. Augustin LS, Dal Maso L, La Vecchia C, Parpinel M, Negri E, Vaccarella S, et al. Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and bread cancer risk: as case-control study. Ann. of Onc 2001; 12: 1533–1538.

2. Bowman BA, Forbes AL, White JS and Glinsmann WH. Introduction (to fructose). Am J Clin Nutr 1993; 58: 721S – 723S.

 

3. Ascherio A. Epidemiologic Studies on Dietary fat and Coronary Heart Disease. Am J Med 2002; 113 (supp 9B): 9S – 12S.

 

4. Brynes AE, Edwards CM, Ghatei MA, Dornhorst A, Morgan LM, Bloom SR, et al. A randomised four-intervention crossover study investigating the effect of carbohydrates on daytime profiles of insulin, glucose, non-esterified fatty acids and triacylglycerols in middle-aged men. Br J Nutr 2003; 89: 207–218.

 

5. Hu FB, Frank et al. Dietary Fat Intake and the risk of Coronary Heart disease in women. N Engl J Med 1997; 333: 1491-1499.

6. Liu S, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Franz M, Sampson L, et al. A prospective study of dietary glycemic load, carbohydrate intake and risk of coronary heart diease in US women. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 71(6): 1455-1461.

7. Salmeron J, Ascherio A, Rimm EB, Colditz GA, Spiegelman D, Jenkins DJ, et al. Dietary fibre, glycemic load and risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in men. Diab Care. 1997a; 20(4): 545–550.

 

8. Salmeron J, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Wing AL & Willett WC. Dietary fibre, glycemic load and risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in women. J Am Med Ass. 1997b; 277(6): 472-477.