Label Claims
Claims are used to register or calculate claimable information.
There are 3 types of claims in beCPG:
- Certification type claims
- Nutritional claims
- Manual claims
Certification type claims(e.g. halal, organic, palm oil free, RSPO ....)
The management is done as for allergens at the level of raw materials.
On the raw material, different statuses are available:
- Not applicable: the claim is not applicable to the raw material.
- Suitable : the raw material complies with the claim, but is not certified.
- Yes: The raw material complies with the claim, and there is no need for a certificate.
- Certified: The raw material complies with the claim, and is certified.
- No: The raw material does not meet the claim.
Once these are filled in, the status of the claims will be calculated on the finished product, according to the following conditions:
- Suitable : If all raw materials are Not Applicable, Suitable, Certified or Yes
- Yes : If all raw materials are Yes, Certified or Not Applicable
- No : If any of the raw materials in the product are No. The raw material is then indicated in the "Not claimed by" column.
Nutritional claims
Included in beCPG, they are automatically calculated on the finished product in relation to its nutritional values. They are defined by country or by region (European Union, USA, China). ex: EU Low energy value if the energy value of the finished product is less than 40 kcal for solids and 20 kcal for liquids.
Manual claims
To be entered on the finished product, they allow to register a claim or certification for the finished product. e.g.: Finished product certified fair trade, ....
Columns
The claim tab in beCPG contains the following columns:
- Type: Used to categorize claims (e.g. certification, nutrition, health). The type is assigned to the claim from the administration.
- Is claimed: Not applicable, Suitable, Yes, Certified or No
- % Claim: Indicates the proportion of raw materials that meet the claim (e.g. 97% organic).
- % Applicable: Specifies the proportion of raw materials that may be designated by the claim (for example, some raw materials may not be considered organic).
- Not claimed by: Identifies raw materials that do not meet the claim.
- Reports: Lists the report(s) where the claim will be displayed (e.g. Customer Record, Production or None - not displayed).
Amend an existing claim
=> beCPG > Administration beCPG > Characteristics > Label Claims
Select the claim which must be amended l'allégation à modifier,
directly in the list or by using the search filter
click on the pencil to access to properties
- amend the claim,
- save.
Example: witout palm oil => with palm oil.
Create a claim
=> beCPG > Administration > Characteristics > Label claims
- click on "New row",
- Enter your claim,
- save.
Please note that you can modify the properties of your claim at any moment. To do that just click on the small pencil to access the properties of the claim.
Example: creation of a new label claim
Add a label claim to a template (e.g. raw material for example)
=> beCPG > Administration beCPG > Entity templates > templates of products > Raw material
- in the list located on the left, select Label claims,
- click on "New row",
- select the claim you wish to add to your template,
- save,
- click on Action (in red),
- synchronize entities
Now, you just need to repeat the same action on all templates.
If you create label claims for the first time, please note that it is possible to copy a list of claims to a template: => Action > copy list to... > choose a template
Example: adding a claim to the "raw material" template
Use a claim using a reference entity
Some claims as "(nutriment)-reduced -30%" are claims calculated against a reference product.
When you associate these claims with your entity, you must associate the reference product / entity. It can be a PF or an SF.
To compare your product with another entity to automatically calculate these claims, you simply need to in the composition list,
- click on properties
- select in the "Entity to compare" field, the PF or SF of your choice.
- save
- formulate.
Use of Organic claims (before the version 4.2)
In Europe, a product can bear terms referring to the organic production method if at least 95% of the original ingredients are certified organic and if it complies with the conditions specified as per EU Regulation 834/2007. As for the USA, a processed product can only be certified organic if all agricultural products are certified organic (100%).
In beCPG (at the moment), two organic claims exist. One being for Europe (at least 95% of ingredients are of organic origin) and the other for the USA (100% of all ingredients meet the requirements specified for organic)
- EU Products from organic farming (as part of an EU certification)
- US Products from organic farming (as part of a USA certification)
The calculation is automatic for these certifications. To automatically calculate these two claims, you must add the following 3 physicochemical characteristics:
- Products of agricultural origin
- Content of certified organic raw material (EU) (as part of an EU certification)
- Content of raw material certified organic (USA) (as part of a USA certification)
Fill:
- 0% for no
- 100% for yes
Example:
- wild salmon: 0% agricultural / 0% organic
- farmed salmon: 100% agricultural / organic or non-organic respectively 100% or 0% depending on the type of livestock
The two physicochemicals make it possible to differentiate a product which is certified "organic" for Europe but not for the USA.
Taking into account non-agricultural products in the calculation:
Products like water and salt are not agricultural products. Products of this type must fill the physicochemical characteristics as below:
- agricultural: 0%
- Bio: 0%
Feature model, sample configuration for raw material, semi-finished and finished-product:
EU certification: EU_Products from organic farming Physico-chemistry list: Products of agricultural origin Claims: Organic certified raw material content (EU) (as part of an EU certification)