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The use of nutrition and health claims shall only be permitted if the following conditions are fulfilled: the presence, absence or reduced content in a food or category of food of a nutrient or other substance in respect of which the claim is made has been shown to have a beneficial nutritional or physiological effect, as established by generally accepted scientific data; the nutrient or other substance for which the claim is made: is contained in the final product in a significant quantity as defined in Community legislation or, where such rules do not exist, in a quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific data; or is not present or is present in a reduced quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific data; where applicable, the nutrient or other substance for which the claim is made is in a form that is available to be used by the body; the quantity of the product that can reasonably be expected to be consumed provides a significant quantity of the nutrient or other substance to which the claim relates, as defined in Community legislation or, where such rules do not exist, a significant quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific data; compliance with the specific conditions set out in Chapter III or Chapter IV as the case may be.

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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.