Probiotics and prebiotics: health claim substantiation
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Probiotics and prebiotics: health claim substantiation
'Probiotics' and 'prebiotics' by definition should have health benefits. Health claims on microorganisms proposed as probiotics and probiotic stimulating agents (prebiotics) suggest that there is a relationship between the specific food and maintaining good health or that the food can reduce the risk of a disease. The Health Claim Regulation in European Union aims at a level consumer protection...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbial Ecology in Health & Disease
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1651-2235
DOI: 10.3402/mehd.v23i0.18568