Why Choose Food Research Lab's FRL as Your Food Product Development (FPD) Consultant and Partner?

There are several options in almost every product area in today’s market, and the difficulty is in coming up with unique items that stand out and connect with customers. Food Research Lab's Food Research Lab (FRL) takes a holistic approach to creating food and beverage products. We define, demographically target, and build effective goods through a sequential process for category selection and comprehension. The client can visit the lab to learn the process. We offer unlimited rounds of revisions to ensure customer satisfaction. The final product prototype, along with the documentation process, including the video (through email), will be shipped to the client, and in case the client is not satisfied with the video, a food technology consultant will visit the place for the product demo at the client’s costs.

What are the different forms that you deliver the Food Product Formulations?

The food industry is witnessing a new form of consumption. Keeping that in mind, we can formulate the products in the form of ready-to-eat, ready-to-drink, ready-to-mix, ready-to-serve, and ready-to-cook food products. We use ingredients that offer an added value to the development and improve its indulgence and sustainability in terms of its functional ingredients, plant-based food dyes, and natural preservatives with a clean label.

What are the sectors Food Research Lab cover?

We cover a wide range of sectors such as soups, sauces and dips, chips, tortillas, dry beverage powder, plant-based products, masalas, puddings, instant mixes and many more.

How is sensory testing been carried out?

Our sensory examination leads to the precise formulation and recipe recommendations. We develop data-driven design models based on sensory research and customer insights. The fact-based design methodology used by Food Research Lab reduces risk and gives our clients market confidence while cutting development time in half. With our dedicated sensory lab facility, our team takes satisfaction in creating and optimizing successful products in the marketplace, generating a favourable return on investment, and developing brand advocates.

EU Health Claims: Botanicals Efficacy

07 Jun

Health Claims on the Efficacy of Botanicals in the EU

by Food Research Lab

in Regulation Updates

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Health Claims on the Efficacy of Botanicals in the EU

In the European Union, health claims on botanical nutraceuticals are strictly regulated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

Health claims must be based on scientific evidence and undergo a rigorous evaluation process by the EFSA before they can be used in marketing.
The products must be adequately labelled to protect consumer health and create equal competitive conditions for those in the food industry.
To substantiate that the nutritional claims are genuine, the product consumed should be available in the body to exert the desired effect.
The health claims made on a product should be exclusive to the product and never compare with that of a competitor product.

The claims made on a product must be easy to understand by the consumer and must not mislead them [1].

The EFSA is a regulatory body that validates the scientific evidence for the effect claimed, which includes the study quality, the effect size and the relevance of the findings to the target audience. Finally, the EFSA has also established a list of approved health claims for use on food products, including several health claims for botanicals, such as claims related to their antioxidant properties or their effects on cardiovascular health.

The Food Research Lab helps formulate nutraceutical products and ensure they comply with the regulations, making them successful in the market.