Health and functional claims made on foods frequently focus on the digestive tract and there is already a large market for gut-functional food products worldwide. Health claims need formal approval of regulatory authorities, in the EU that is the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
EFSA has published extensive guidelines on scientific and administrative requirements for health claim applications. In this white paper we will discuss the definition of a health claim, the most important EFSA guidelines and our solution to substantiating health claims: challenge studies.

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