Health claims in Europe: Probiotics and prebiotics as case examples

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-261

  Van Loveren, Henk ^a   Sanz, Yolanda ^b   Salminen, Seppo ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

health relationships; human studies; regulation

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDANCE DOCUMENT; HEALTH CLAIMS; HEALTHY POPULATION; HUMAN INTERVENTION; HUMAN STUDY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; REGULATION; RISK REDUCTIONS;

HEALTH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUROPE; FOOD PACKAGING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

EUROPE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84860728389     PISSN: 19411413     EISSN: 19411421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-022811-101206     Document Type: Article

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