Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorised EU Health Claims: Volume 3

__Foods, Nutrients and Food Ingredients with Authorized EU Health Claims, Volume Three,__ provides an overview of how health claims are regulated in the European Union, along with detailed scientific and regulatory information about permitted health claims for foods and ingredients. The latest volume in this series focuses on regulatory coverage from EC 1924/2006, including the most recently authorized claims. Topics discussed include sections on the Authorized reduction of disease risk claims, including calcium, calcium with Vitamin D, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, Limicol® and MUFA and PUFA., health claims based on emerging science, recent regulatory announcements, and finally, general function claims. The book represents 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 1924/2006 * Covers properties and applications of each ingredient, as well as evidence for the health claim and how it benefits consumers * Outlines the importance of each claim in product development and marketing, and in regulatory issues, such as conditions of use 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; Authorised EU health claims for resistant starch. 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. This book provides a comprehensive overview of foods and food substances that have achieved approved health claims in Europe under Regulation EC 1924/2006. Chapters cover properties and applications of each ingredient, evidence for the health claim and how it benefits consumers, the importance of each claim in product development and marketing and regulatory issues such as conditions of use. Part one presents an overview of the regulatory background to health claims. Part two covers authorised claims for disease risk reduction claims, children’s development and health claims and claims based on emerging science. Part three covers ingredients with permitted ‘general function’ claims, and part four looks at foods and nutrients with permitted health claims.