EU: EFSA clears fibre, sodium health claims in latest review
By: Keith Nuthall | 30 June 2011
The European Food Safety Agency has agreed that certain fibres can improve cholesterol and that low sodium helps blood pressure in its latest verdicts on health claims made by food manufacturers.
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The European Food Safety Agency has agreed that certain fibres can improve cholesterol and that low sodium helps blood pressure in its latest verdicts on health claims made by food manufacturers.
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