Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to: dairy products (ID 1140, 1141, 1191), raw or processed food products of animal origin, plus bread and panification products (ID 1193, 1194), herbal yeast plasmolysate (ID 1815, 1816), apple polyphenols (ID 2713), rye flour (ID 1266), tomato juice (ID 1202), whey protein and alphalactalbumin (ID 424, 430, 432, 725, 1433), “brocco shoots”, “broccoli sprout powder” and “Brassica oleracea var. italica (broccoli)” (ID 1362, 1481, 2844, 2845), honey (ID 1159, 1160, 1318, 4678, 4679), and Cucurbita pepo L. (pumpkin) seeds and seed extracts (ID 2029, 2365) pursuant to Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

EFSA Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

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Author keywords

characterisation; constituents; Foods; health claims

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EID: 84954535431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2243     Document Type: Article

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