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How effective is food industry self-substantiation of food-health relationships underpinning health claims on food labels in Australia? [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2019 AbstractObjectiveThe Food Standards Code regulates health claims on Australian food labels. General-level health claims highlight food–health relationships, e.g. ‘contains calcium for strong bones’. Food companies making claims must notify Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) and certify that a systematic literature review (SLR) substantiating ...
Wellard-Cole L +3 more
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Glycemic index claims on food labels: review of Health Canada's evaluation [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013 Recently Health Canada (HC) published its opinion that including glycemic index (GI) values on food labels would be misleading and not add value to nutrition labeling and dietary guidelines to help consumers make healthier food choices. Important areas of concern were identified by HC, but the discussion of them is scientifically invalid.
Thomas M.S. Wolever
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Health Canada’s evaluation of the use of glycemic index claims on food labels [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2013 The glycemic index (GI) is a system that ranks foods according to the blood glucose-increasing potential of servings of foods that provide the same amount of available carbohydrate. The GI was originally developed as a tool for carbohydrate exchange in the dietary management of glycemia in persons with diabetes, and studies have generally supported ...
Alfred Aziz +2 more
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Nutrition and Dietary SupplementsMichiko Yamamoto,1,* Ken Yamamoto,2,* Hiromi Takano-Ohmuro,3 Rain Yamamoto,4 Junji Saruwatari1 1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto, Japan; 2Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida-city, Tokyo,
Yamamoto M +4 more
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An assessment of compliance with proposed regulations to restrict on-package marketing of packaged foods to improve nutrition in South Africa [PDF]
BMC NutritionBackground Ultra-processed products (UPPs), high in sugar, fat and sodium, contribute to increasing burdens of obesity and non-communicable diseases in South Africa (SA).
Safura Abdool Karim +5 more
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Dimensions of the issue of explicit health claims on food labels [PDF]
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1986 AL Forbes
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Journal of Functional Foods, 2020 Consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of diet in human health and they preferably choose functional food products. The present work is focused on describing the current status of the international regulatory framework for health-related claims in functional food products and the state of the art regarding these products market focusing on ...
Laura Domínguez +2 more
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From the FDA: FDA allows soy health claim on food labels [PDF]
Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999 openalex +3 more sources
Health claims in the labelling and marketing of food products:
Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition, 2007 Since 1990 certain health claims in the labelling and marketing of food products have been allowed in Sweden within the food sector's Code of Practice. The rules were developed in close dialogue with the authorities. The legal basis was a decision by the authorities not to apply the medicinal products’ legislation to “foods normally found on the dinner
Nils‐Georg Asp, Susanne Bryngelsson
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Modelling the dietary impact of health-related claims on food labels in the UK [PDF]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2020 AbstractHealth-related claims (HRCs) are statements found on food packets that convey the nutritional quality of a food (nutrition claims) and/or its impact on a health outcome (health claims). Foods carrying HRCs have a slightly improved nutritional profile than foods without HRCs, however, it's unclear whether this translates into dietary ...
Asha Kaur +2 more
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