When the rules take effect in December next year, such content must be listed on the nutrition table for all food and beverage packaging. However, other low-carb-related claims will be forbidden.
'There is no reason from a nutrition point of view to be worried about the amount of carbohydrates that we eat,' said a Canadian health ministry official.
He said the Government had concluded there was insufficient scientific evidence to support low-carb labels. The new rules come as hundreds of low-carb products are being launched in Canada from the US.
A spokesperson for the low-carb Atkins diet took 'exception' to the claims, saying there were 37 studies showing that a low-carb diet is healthy.
The restrictions come into effect next year for large companies and in 2007 for producers with revenues below C$1 million (£433,578).
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