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The following definitions shall also apply: ‘claim’ means any message or representation, which is not mandatory under Community or national legislation, including pictorial, graphic or symbolic representation, in any form, which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular characteristics; ‘nutrient’ means protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibre, sodium, vitamins and minerals listed in the Annex to Directive 90/496/EEC, and substances which belong to or are components of one of those categories; ‘other substance’ means a substance other than a nutrient that has a nutritional or physiological effect; ‘nutrition claim’ means any claim which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular beneficial nutritional properties due to: the energy (calorific value) it provides, provides at a reduced or increased rate, or does not provide; and/or the nutrients or other substances it contains, contains in reduced or increased proportions, or does not contain; ‘health claim’ means any claim that states, suggests or implies that a relationship exists between a food category, a food or one of its constituents and health; ‘reduction of disease risk claim’ means any health claim that states, suggests or implies that the consumption of a food category, a food or one of its constituents significantly reduces a risk factor in the development of a human disease; ‘Authority’ means the European Food Safety Authority established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.