Based on the 1st Master Plan on Reducing Sugar
Intake 2016 — 20 and the 2016 White Paper by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, further categories will be
required to bear nutrient lists with a three - stage implementation between 2017 and 2022 (including cereals, ready - to - eat products and ready - to - cook products in 2017; dressings and sauces in 2018 — 19; Korean - style boiled
grain - / meat - / fish - based food and processed food based on fruit or vegetable purees / pastes in 2020 — 22).
According to the Institute of Medicine's report, vegetarians may
require as much as a 50 % greater
intake of zinc given that the major source in the diet is
grains and legumes which contain a high amount of phytic acid [8].