Establishing and evaluating health claims for probiotics

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 723-725

  Donovan, Sharon M ^a   Schneeman, Barbara ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^c   Sanders, Mary Ellen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d DAIRY AND FOOD CULTURE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; MARKETING; REVIEW;

FOOD LABELING; HEALTH; HUMANS; MARKETING; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84872786820     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.002592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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