Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorised EU Health Claims

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 1924/2006Covers properties and applications of each ingredient, as well as evidence for the health claim and how it benefits consumersOutlines the importance of each claim in product development and marketing and regulatory issues such as conditions of use INDICE: Part 1 Regulatory background: The regulation of health claims in Europe. Part 2 Authorised disease risk reduction claims, children's development and health claims, and proprietary claims: Authorised EU health claims for barley and oat beta-glucans; Authorised EU health claims for xylitol and sugar-free chewing gum; Authorised children's development and health claims in the EU; Authorised EU health claims for water-soluble tomato concentrate. Part 3 Ingredients with permitted 'general function' claims: Authorised EU health claims for choline; Authorised EU health claims for creatine; Authorised EU health claims for intense sweeteners and sugar replacers; Authorised EU health claims related to the management of lactose intolerance: Reduced lactose content, dietary lactase supplements, and live yoghurt cultures; Authorised EU health claims for polyphenols in olive oil; Resistant starch and post-prandial glycaemic responses. Part 4 Foods and nutrients with permitted health claims: Authorised EU health claims for betaine; Authorised EU health claims for vitamins and minerals; Authorised EU health claims for the replacement of saturated fats; Authorised EU health claims for proteins, meat and fish; Authorised EU health claim for walnuts; Authorised EU health claims for carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions; Authorised EU health claims for water.

• ISBN: 978-0-85709-842-9
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 444
• Fecha Publicación: 25/04/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés