Both of them are measures to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women, either as part of dietary diversification or as additional supplements to meet the additional nutrient need of the target population during pregnancy and lactation.

Nutritional supplement product for pregnant and lactating women is a kind of high-density nutritional supplement with significantly higher micronutrient content than fortified milk powder for pregnant and lactating women. This kind of food belongs to the category of food for special uses, which can supplement pregnant and lactating women with high quality protein and many kinds of micronutrients. The technical indexes of these products should meet the requirements of GB 31601 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Supplementary Food for Pregnant and Lactating Women, and the labeling should meet the requirements of GB 13432 National Food Safety Standard Labeling of Prepackaged Foods for Special Dietary Uses.

Pregnant and lactating women milk powder is formulated milk powder, which should meet the requirements of GB 19644 National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder, enterprises can voluntarily fortify certain nutrients in the products according to GB 14880 National Food Safety Standard Standard for the Use of Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods. The labeling of this kind of products should meet the requirements of GB 7718 National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods, and GB 28050 National Food Safety Standard General Rules for the Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods.