Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece.
J Sci Food Agric. 2013 Nov;93(14):3473-7. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.6238. Epub 2013 Jul 4.
Nutrition and health claims are permitted in foods marketed in the European Union under Regulation 1924/2006. Quality products such as traditional foods might benefit from this act, as it can highlight their nutritional richness. In this study the nutritional content of 33 traditional foods from the Black Sea Area Countries was evaluated against the thresholds of the Regulation for nutrition claims.
Most of the foods were eligible to bear several nutrition claims, mostly related to their fat, sugar, fiber and sodium content. The average number of claims per traditional food was two, with a range between zero and nine. Overall, about 72 nutrition claims were potentially relevant for the 33 traditional foods studied. Foods linked with the most claims were nuts and seeds.
The inclusion of traditional foods under this standardized European scheme could be an efficient way to highlight their possible beneficial nutritional properties. The production and marketing of traditional foods could be of benefit to both the health of consumers and the economic viability of producers, especially small- and medium-size enterprises.
根据法规 1924/2006，在欧盟市场销售的食品允许使用营养和健康声称。质量优良的产品，如传统食品，可以受益于这一法规，因为它可以突出其营养丰富的特点。在这项研究中，对来自黑海地区国家的 33 种传统食品的营养成分进行了评估，以确定其是否符合法规中关于营养声称的标准。
大多数食品都有资格进行多项营养声称，主要涉及脂肪、糖、纤维和钠含量。每种传统食品的声称数量平均为两个，范围在零到九个之间。总体而言，大约有 72 项营养声称可能与研究的 33 种传统食品有关。与声称最多的食品有关的是坚果和种子。
将传统食品纳入这一标准化的欧洲计划，可以有效地突出其可能具有的有益的营养特性。传统食品的生产和营销既有利于消费者的健康，也有利于生产者，特别是中小企业的经济生存能力。
