Table 8.
Authorized (SSA) and Qualified Health Claims about Bioactives in the United States
| Type of Claim | Condition | Health Claim |
|---|---|---|
| Authorized (Significant Scientific Agreement) Health Claims | ||
| Cancer | • fiber containing grain products, fruits and vegetables and decreased risk of some cancers • Fruits and Vegetables and Cancer • Dietary Lipids (Fat) and Cancer |
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| Cardiovascular Disease | • fruits, vegetables, and grains containing fiber, particularly soluble fiber, and decreased risk of coronary heart disease. • soluble fiber from certain foods and risk of coronary heart disease (barley, Oatrim, psyllium husk, soluble fibers, and beta glucans from whole oats) • stanols and sterols and reduced risk of coronary heart disease. • FDA published a notification in 2017 that it intended to remove the authorized SSA health claim for soy protein and coronary heart disease but it has not yet been formalized • Dietary Saturated Fat and Cholesterol and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease |
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| Dental caries | • dietary noncariogenic carbohydrate sweeteners and dental caries (including D tagatose and sugar alcohols). | |
| Hypertension | • sodium and hypertension | |
| Neural tube defects | • folic acid and neural tube defects | |
| Osteoporosis | • Calcium, Vitamin D, and Osteoporosis | |
| Qualified Health Claims | ||
| Atopic dermatitis | • 100% Whey-Protein Partially Hydrolyzed Infant Formula and Reduced Risk of Atopic Dermatitis | |
| Cancers | • Green Tea and Risk of Breast Cancer • Prostate Cancer Health Claim • Selenium and a Reduced Risk of Site-specific Cancers • Tomatoes and Prostate, Ovarian, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancers • Tomatoes and Prostate Cancer • Calcium and Colon/Rectal Cancer and Calcium and Colon/Rectal Polyps • Selenium and Certain Cancers • Selenium and Certain Cancers • Antioxidant Vitamins and Risk of Certain Cancers |
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| Cardiovascular disease | • Oleic Acid for the Oleic Acid from Edible Oils and Coronary Heart Disease Claim • Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 and Vascular Disease • Health Claim Relating B Vitamins and Vascular Disease • Nuts and Coronary Heart Disease • Macadamia Nuts and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease • Walnuts and Coronary Heart Disease • Nuts and Coronary Heart Disease • Omega-3 Fatty AcidsOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease • Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease • Soybean Oil and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease • Corn Oil and Corn Oil-Containing Products and a Reduced Risk of Heart Disease • Unsaturated Fatty Acids from Canola Oil and Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease • Monounsaturated Fatty Acids from Olive Oil and Coronary Heart Disease |
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| Cognitive function | • Phosphatidylserine and Cognitive Function and Dementia Qualified Health Claim | |
| Diabetes | • High-Amylose Maize Starch and Reduced Risk Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus • Psyllium Husk and a Reduced Risk of Type 2 Diabetes) • Whole Grains and a Reduced Risk of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 • Chromium Picolinate and a Reduced Risk of Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes |
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| Hypertension | • Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid and Reduction of Blood Pressure in the General Population • Calcium and Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension, and Preeclampsia |
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| Peanut Allergy | • Ground Peanuts and Reduced Risk of Developing Peanut Allergy | |
| Urinary Tract Infection | • Cranberry Juice Beverages and Cranberry Dietary Supplements and Reduced Risk of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Healthy Women |