Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion

In Europe, sports food supplements (SSFs) are subject to specific laws and regulations. Up to 70% of athletes are highly influenced by the information on the label or the advertisement of the SSF, which often does not correspond to the scientific evidence, such as health claims. The aim is to analyz...

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Autores: Rodríguez-Hernández, María Dolores, Gil-Izquierdo, Ángel, García, Carlos Javier, Gabaldón, José Antonio, Ferreres, Federico, Giménez-Monzó, Daniel, Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Nutrition
Sport
Sport drinks
EFSA
Health claims
Fraud
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spelling Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific OpinionRodríguez-Hernández, María DoloresGil-Izquierdo, ÁngelGarcía, Carlos JavierGabaldón, José AntonioFerreres, FedericoGiménez-Monzó, DanielMartínez-Sanz, José MiguelNutritionSportSport drinksEFSAHealth claimsFraudIn Europe, sports food supplements (SSFs) are subject to specific laws and regulations. Up to 70% of athletes are highly influenced by the information on the label or the advertisement of the SSF, which often does not correspond to the scientific evidence, such as health claims. The aim is to analyze such claims relating to sports drinks (SDs) in commercial messages. To this end, an observational and cross-sectional study was conducted based on the analysis of the content and degree of adequacy of the health claims indicated on the labelling or technical data sheet of the SDs with those established by the European legislation in force according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The SSFs were searched for via Amazon and Google Shopping. A total of 114 health claims were evaluated. No claim fully conformed with the recommendations. A total of 14 claims (n = 13 products) almost conformed to the recommendations; they were “Maintain endurance level in exercises requiring prolonged endurance”, “Improve water absorption during physical exercise”, and “Improved physical performance during high intensity, high duration physical exercise in trained adults”, representing 12.3% of the total (n = 114). The vast majority of the claims identified indicated an unproven cause–effect and should be modified or eliminated, which amounts to food fraud towards the consumerThis study formed part of the AGROALNEXT programme and was supported by MCIN with funding from European Union NextGenerationEU (PRTR-C17.I1) and by Fundación Séneca with funding from Comunidad Autónoma Región de Murcia (CARM) (22015/PI/22)Peer reviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)European CommissionFundación SénecaGobierno de la Región de MurciaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/362724reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16131980https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16131980Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3627242026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
title Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
spellingShingle Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
Rodríguez-Hernández, María Dolores
Nutrition
Sport
Sport drinks
EFSA
Health claims
Fraud
title_short Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
title_full Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
title_fullStr Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
title_full_unstemmed Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
title_sort Health Claims for Sports Drinks—Analytical Assessment according to European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Opinion
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez-Hernández, María Dolores
Gil-Izquierdo, Ángel
García, Carlos Javier
Gabaldón, José Antonio
Ferreres, Federico
Giménez-Monzó, Daniel
Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
author Rodríguez-Hernández, María Dolores
author_facet Rodríguez-Hernández, María Dolores
Gil-Izquierdo, Ángel
García, Carlos Javier
Gabaldón, José Antonio
Ferreres, Federico
Giménez-Monzó, Daniel
Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
author_role author
author2 Gil-Izquierdo, Ángel
García, Carlos Javier
Gabaldón, José Antonio
Ferreres, Federico
Giménez-Monzó, Daniel
Martínez-Sanz, José Miguel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
European Commission
Fundación Séneca
Gobierno de la Región de Murcia
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Nutrition
Sport
Sport drinks
EFSA
Health claims
Fraud
topic Nutrition
Sport
Sport drinks
EFSA
Health claims
Fraud
description In Europe, sports food supplements (SSFs) are subject to specific laws and regulations. Up to 70% of athletes are highly influenced by the information on the label or the advertisement of the SSF, which often does not correspond to the scientific evidence, such as health claims. The aim is to analyze such claims relating to sports drinks (SDs) in commercial messages. To this end, an observational and cross-sectional study was conducted based on the analysis of the content and degree of adequacy of the health claims indicated on the labelling or technical data sheet of the SDs with those established by the European legislation in force according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The SSFs were searched for via Amazon and Google Shopping. A total of 114 health claims were evaluated. No claim fully conformed with the recommendations. A total of 14 claims (n = 13 products) almost conformed to the recommendations; they were “Maintain endurance level in exercises requiring prolonged endurance”, “Improve water absorption during physical exercise”, and “Improved physical performance during high intensity, high duration physical exercise in trained adults”, representing 12.3% of the total (n = 114). The vast majority of the claims identified indicated an unproven cause–effect and should be modified or eliminated, which amounts to food fraud towards the consumer
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16131980
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