Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil
The aim of this study was to survey the labelling of drinks with pronounced health benefits found on the Swedish market today and to evaluate whether they are in accordance to EU and national regulations or not. Especially the nutrition and health claims were looked into. This study shows that there...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A1E |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés sueco |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2776/ |
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| author | Littmarck, Josefin |
| author_browse | Littmarck, Josefin |
| author_facet | Littmarck, Josefin |
| author_sort | Littmarck, Josefin |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | The aim of this study was to survey the labelling of drinks with pronounced health
benefits found on the Swedish market today and to evaluate whether they are in
accordance to EU and national regulations or not. Especially the nutrition and health
claims were looked into. This study shows that there are several drinks with claimed
health effects being sold today. The process of approaching full functioning
regulations in the EU on nutrition and health claims is proceeding slowly. A snapshot
of today�’s market of drinks with pronounced health effects shows that there are
multiple cases of misleading statements and interfering labelling on the products.
Often it concerns nutritional labelling or health claims. In this study a total of 60
health claims were found on the products. The health claims were made on 10
different vitamins, seven different minerals, five other substances, dietary fibre (one
claim) and lactic acid bacteria (three claims). One health claim had reached a final
decision from the European Commission and is no longer allowed. For 44 health
claims found in this study similar claims were found in EFSA�’s (European Food
Safety Authority) Register of questions database and the evaluations of these were
used to estimate the outcome for those claims found in the study. The estimation
reveals that 38 health claims might be approved though 13 of these might be
considered to be misleading since the EU population does not have an inadequate
intake of the subject of the claim. Six of the health claims might not be permitted to
use. The 15 remaining health claims were not possible to estimate, as EFSA had not
evaluated health claims similar to these yet. The nutrition claims found on the
investigated products in most cases were in accordance to regulations, however a few
need to be clarified. A considerable amount of unclear expressions were found and
many ingredients were pointed out in the labelling and many of them need to be
clarified or explained as well. When the harmonized EU regulation on the use of
nutrition and health claims is of full coverage it will surely be easier for companies to
label their products in a truthful and lawful way compared to today. |
| format | Second cycle, A1E |
| id | RepoSLU2776 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Inglés swe |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| publishDateSort | 2011 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU27762012-04-20T14:20:15Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2776/ Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil Littmarck, Josefin Food composition Packaging The aim of this study was to survey the labelling of drinks with pronounced health benefits found on the Swedish market today and to evaluate whether they are in accordance to EU and national regulations or not. Especially the nutrition and health claims were looked into. This study shows that there are several drinks with claimed health effects being sold today. The process of approaching full functioning regulations in the EU on nutrition and health claims is proceeding slowly. A snapshot of today�’s market of drinks with pronounced health effects shows that there are multiple cases of misleading statements and interfering labelling on the products. Often it concerns nutritional labelling or health claims. In this study a total of 60 health claims were found on the products. The health claims were made on 10 different vitamins, seven different minerals, five other substances, dietary fibre (one claim) and lactic acid bacteria (three claims). One health claim had reached a final decision from the European Commission and is no longer allowed. For 44 health claims found in this study similar claims were found in EFSA�’s (European Food Safety Authority) Register of questions database and the evaluations of these were used to estimate the outcome for those claims found in the study. The estimation reveals that 38 health claims might be approved though 13 of these might be considered to be misleading since the EU population does not have an inadequate intake of the subject of the claim. Six of the health claims might not be permitted to use. The 15 remaining health claims were not possible to estimate, as EFSA had not evaluated health claims similar to these yet. The nutrition claims found on the investigated products in most cases were in accordance to regulations, however a few need to be clarified. A considerable amount of unclear expressions were found and many ingredients were pointed out in the labelling and many of them need to be clarified or explained as well. When the harmonized EU regulation on the use of nutrition and health claims is of full coverage it will surely be easier for companies to label their products in a truthful and lawful way compared to today. 2011-06-08 Second cycle, A1E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2776/1/littmarck_j_110608.pdf Littmarck, Josefin, 2011. Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil : påståenden och hälsomärkning. Second cycle, A1E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Food Science <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-550.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-279 swe |
| spellingShingle | Food composition Packaging Littmarck, Josefin Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title | Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title_full | Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title_fullStr | Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title_short | Granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| title_sort | granskning av drycker med hälsoprofil |
| topic | Food composition Packaging |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2776/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2776/ |