Description
Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorised EU Health Claims provides an overview of how health claims are regulated in the European Union, as well as detailed scientific and regulatory information about permitted health claims for particular types of foods and ingredients.
Part one provides a background to the regulation of health claims in Europe. Part two focuses on authorised disease risk reduction claims, claims relating to children’s development, and health and proprietary claims. Part three sets out ingredients with permitted “general function claims, including choline, creatine, sweeteners, dietary lactase supplements, and polyphenols in olive oil. Part four outlines foods and nutrients with permitted health claims, with chapters on vitamins and minerals, proteins, meat, fish, water, and the replacement of saturated fats.
Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorised EU Health Claims is the go-to resource for R&D managers and technical managers in the food, and beverage and dietary supplements industry, product development managers, health professionals and academic researchers in the field.
- Provides a comprehensive overview of foods and food substances that have achieved approved health claims in Europe under Regulation EC 1924/2006
- Covers properties and applications of each ingredient, as well as evidence for the health claim and how it benefits consumers
- Outlines the importance of each c
Chapter
Part I Regulatory background
1 The regulation of health claims in Europe
1.3 Development of the list of claims under Article 13.3
1.4 Regulatory approval procedure for Article 13.5 and 14 health claims
1.6 Scientific substantiation
1.7 Community Register of claims
1.8 Wording of health claims
1.11 Conclusion and future trends
1.12 Sources of further information and advice
Part II Authorised disease risk reduction claims, children’s development and health claims, and proprietary claims
2 Authorised EU health claims for barley and oat beta-glucans
2.2 Authorised Article 13.1/14.1(a) cholesterol claims
2.3 Summary of substantiating evidence related to cholesterol claims
2.4 Other relevant legislation
2.5 Conditions of use, warning labels and safety issues
2.7 How the claims are being used in practice
2.10 Sources of further information and advice
3 Authorised EU health claims for xylitol and sugar-free chewing gum (SFCG)
3.2 The chemical profile of xylitol
3.3 Authorised health claims
3.4 Substantiating evidence
3.5 Other relevant legislation
3.6 Warning labels and safety issues
3.7 Incorporation of sugar-free chewing gum (SFCG) as part of a balanced dietary regimen
3.8 Consumer understanding of the wording used in recommendations
3.9 Use of dental health claims in practice
3.10 Medical and other uses of xylitol chewing gum
4 Authorised children’s development and health claims in the EU
4.2 Authorised health claims
4.3 Summary of substantiating evidence
4.4 Other relevant legislation
4.5 Conditions of use, warning labels and safety issues
4.7 How the claims are being used in practice
4.10 Sources of further information and advice
5 Authorised EU health claims for watersoluble tomato concentrate (WSTC)
5.2 Epidemiology of tomato consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
5.3 Human platelets and vascular homeostasis
5.4 Isolation and characterisation of water-soluble tomato extract: effects on human platelet aggregation
5.5 Further characterisation of water-soluble tomato extract
5.6 Human trials using the water-soluble tomato extract
5.7 EU approval of the health claim of the platelet inhibitory property of the water-soluble tomato extract
5.8 Commercially available Fruitflow® products
Part III Ingredients with permitted ‘general function’ claims
6 Authorised EU health claims for choline
6.2 Characterization of the substance
6.3 Allowable health claims according to Commission Regulation 423/2012
6.4 Other relevant EU legislation
6.5 Conditions of use and safety considerations
6.7 Potential of health claims in product development
6.8 Claims being used in practice
6.9 Conclusion and future trends
6.10 Sources of further information and advice
7 Authorised EU health claims for creatine
7.2 Creatine characterisation
7.3 Authorised health claim
7.4 Legislation relevant to the use of the creatine health claim
7.6 Importance of the claim in product development
8 Authorised EU health claims for intense sweeteners and sugar replacers
8.2 Overview of intense sweeteners and sugar replacers
8.3 Applications of intense sweeteners and sugar replacers, related authorised nutrition and health claims
8.4 Safety of intense sweeteners and sugar replacers
8.5 Conclusion and future trends
8.6 Sources of further information and advice
9 Authorised EU health claims related to the management of lactose intolerance: reduced lactose content, dietary lactase supplements and live yoghurt cultures
9.2 Lactose maldigestion and intolerance
9.3 Foods with reduced lactose content
9.4 Lactase enzyme, as a dietary supplement
9.5 Live yoghurt cultures
9.6 Conclusion and future trends
10 Authorised EU health claims for polyphenols in olive oil
10.2 Characterisation of polyphenols in olive products
10.3 Authorised health claim
10.4 Role of low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
10.5 Studies that supported the claim
10.6 Mechanism of oxLDL reduction by intake of olive oil phenolics
10.7 Unsuccessful health claims
10.8 Safety issues and conditions of use
10.10 How the claim is being used in practice
10.11 Conclusion and future trends
11 Authorised EU health claims for resistant starch and post-prandial glycaemic responses
11.2 Characterisation of the ingredient
11.3 Authorised health claim
11.4 Summary of substantiating evidence
11.5 Nutrition labelling and nutrition claims regulations
11.10 Sources of further information and advice
Part IV Foods and nutrients with permitted health claims
12 Authorised EU health claims for betaine
12.2 Characterisation of betaine
12.3 Authorised health claim on normal homocysteine metabolism
12.4 Interaction with other EU legislation concerning betaine
12.5 Conditions of use of betaine
12.6 Consumer understanding
12.7 Importance of the claim in food product development and supplement marketing
12.10 Sources of further information
13 Authorised EU health claims for vitamins and minerals
13.3 Authorised claims for vitamins and minerals
13.6 Other relevant legislation
13.7 Importance of the claim in product development and potential future trends
13.9 Sources of further information and advice
14 Authorised EU health claims for the replacement of saturated fats
14.2 Characterisation of the constituents
14.3 Scientific substantiation for the authorised claim: fatty acids (FA) and cholesterol
14.4 Dietary recommendations and further considerations
14.5 Impact on product development
14.8 Sources of further information and advice
15 Authorised EU health claims for proteins, meat and fish
16 Authorised EU health claim for walnuts
16.2 Characterisation of walnuts
16.3 Health claims related to walnuts in the EU
16.4 Health claims related to walnuts in other jurisdictions
16.5 Health claims related to other nuts in the EU and various jurisdictions
17 Authorised EU health claims for carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions
17.2 Characteristics of carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions
17.3 Health claim evaluation
17.4 Benefits to consumers and use of sports drinks
17.5 Scientific substantiation of efficacy
17.6 Product development issues
17.10 Sources of further information and advice
18 Authorised EU health claims for water
18.2 Authorised health claims
18.3 Substantiating evidence
18.6 Importance or potential of the claim in product development
18.10 Sources of further information and advice
Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorised EU Health Claims
：Volume 1
( Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition )
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