Perspective: A definition for whole-grain food products - Recommendations from the Healthgrain Forum

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 525-531

  Ross, Alastair B ^a   van der Kamp, Jan Willem ^b   King, Roberto ^c   Lê, Kim Anne ^c   Mejborn, Heddie ^d   Seal, Chris J ^e   Thielecke, Frank ^f  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Thielecke Consultancy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cereal; Dietary guidelines; Dietary intake; Food guidelines; Food labelling; Food regulation; Public policy; Whole grains

Indexed keywords

FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTHY DIET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; WHOLE GRAIN;

FOOD LABELING; HEALTHY DIET; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WHOLE GRAINS;

EID: 85024366176     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.116.014001     Document Type: Article

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