scholarly journals The setting of nutrient profiles for foods bearing nutrition and health claims pursuant to Article 4 of the Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies

EFSA Journal ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Scientific Opinion ◽  
Nutrient Profiles ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

scholarly journals Fifteen Years of Regulating Nutrition and Health Claims in Europe: The Past, the Present and the Future

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1725
Author(s):  
Alie de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
The Future ◽  
Scientific Substantiation ◽  
Nutrient Profiles ◽  
Infants And Young Children ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims ◽  
The Eu

Suggestions that a food contains healthy ingredients or that it can provide beneficial effects upon consumption have been regulated in the EU since 2006. This paper describes the analysis of how this nutrition and health claim regulation has resulted in over 300 authorised claims and how the authorisation requirements and processes have affected the use of claims on foods. Five challenges are identified that negatively affect the current legislation dealing with nutrition and health claims: non-reviewed botanical claims (as well as on hold claims for infants and young children), the lack of nutrient profiles and the focus of claims on single ingredients, consumer understanding, research into health effects of nutrition and finally, enforcement. These challenges are shown to influence the goals of the regulation: protecting consumers from false and misleading claims and stimulating the development of a level playing field in the EU, to foster innovation. Tackling these political and scientific substantiation questions for health claims, together with continuously analysing the understanding and usage of claims by consumers and operators will ensure that the NHCR will stay effective, today and in the future.

scholarly journals Session 4: Challenges facing the food industry in innovating for health Regulatory challenges and opportunities for food innovation

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nino Binns
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Food Legislation ◽  
Nutrient Profiles ◽  
Initial List ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims ◽  
The Eu

The primary role of the extensive and complex modern food legislation is to protect the consumer. Providing a framework for industry and enabling free trade are secondary aims. In the EU the 2006 Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods was adopted in December 2006. This Regulation defines detailed lists of permitted claims with precise conditions, requires foods making claims to meet specific nutrient profiles and requires the submission of a dossier for approval of new health claims. Nutrient profiles and an initial list of existing health claims will not be agreed until January 2009 and January 2010 respectively. The uncertainty about profiles and the initial list of claims as well as the prescriptive nature of the Regulation will have a major impact, some negative but some positive, on food innovation. Worldwide legislation on nutrition and health claims continues to develop. The current paper also provides an outline of some other key pieces of European legislation that affect food innovation. However, currently, all this legislation remains in development and up-to-date information can be sought from the reference material provided.

French consumers’ perceptions of nutrition and health claims: A psychosocial-anthropological approach

Appetite ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 618-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estelle Masson ◽  
Gervaise Debucquet ◽  
Claude Fischler ◽  
Mohamed Merdji
Keyword(s):  
Health Claims ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Anthropological Approach ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

Exploring claims and marketing techniques in Brazilian food labels

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 1550-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Corrêa Pereira ◽  
Michel Cardoso de Angelis-Pereira ◽  
João de Deus Souza Carneiro
Keyword(s):  
Product Category ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Packaged Food ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the packaged food market in Brazil by examining the use of nutrition and health claims and marketing techniques, as well as the different levels of industrial food processing in relation to product category, nutrition information and price. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted on the labels of pre-packed foods and non-alcoholic beverages marketed in a home-shopping website in Brazil. Findings The authors showed that the use of nutrition and health claims on packaged foods in Brazil is widespread and varied across different food categories. Marketing techniques were also prevalent, and techniques emphasising general health, well-being or naturalness were the most frequent type used. Overall, products carrying nutrition and health claims and/or using marketing techniques had lower content of fat and higher content of fibre. However, the high prevalence of these strategies in ultra-processed foods is alarming. The presence of health claims and use of marketing techniques was not found to be an effective modifier of the three price measures. However, processed and ultra-processed foods were more expensive than unprocessed foods when considering price per energy and price per 100 g or mL. Originality/value These results indicate that there are clear opportunities to improve the packaged food environment in supermarkets. It is important to highlight the need to develop public policies to address these issues, including restriction of the promotion and advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages and use of warning labels.

scholarly journals Who Buys Products with Nutrition and Health Claims? A Purchase Simulation with Eye Tracking on the Influence of Consumers’ Nutrition Knowledge and Health Motivation

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steinhauser ◽  
Janssen ◽  
Hamm
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Gaze Behavior ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Health Motivation ◽  
Nutrition And Health Claims

Nutrition and health claims are seen as a way of promoting healthy aspects of food. However, the results of previous studies have been contradictory regarding the effect of these claims on purchase. This study aims to achieve a better understanding of how the consumer characteristics ‘nutrition knowledge’ and ‘health motivation’ influence the purchase of products with nutrition and health claims and what role gaze behavior plays. We included gaze behavior in our analysis, as visual attention on the claims is a precondition to its influence on the purchase decision. In a close-to-realistic shopping situation, consumers could choose from three-dimensional orange juice packages labeled with nutrition, health, and taste claims. In total, the sample consisted of 156 consumers. The data were analyzed with a structural equation model (SEM), linking the purchase decision for products with claims to gaze data recorded with a mobile eye tracker and consumer and product-related variables collected via the questionnaire. Results showed that the variables in the SEM explained 31% (8%) of the variance observed in the purchase of products with a nutrition (health) claim. The longer a consumer looked at a specific claim, the more likely the consumer would purchase the respective product. The lower the price and the higher the perceived healthiness and tastiness of the product further heightened its likelihood of being purchased. Interestingly, consumers with higher nutrition knowledge and/or higher health motivation looked longer at the nutrition and health claims; however, these consumer characteristics did not show an effect on the purchase decision. Implications for policy makers and marketers are given.

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