Health and nutrition claims for infant formula: international cross sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review available health and nutrition claims for infant formula products in multiple countries and to evaluate the validity of the evidence used for substantiation of claims.

Design

International cross sectional survey.

Setting

Public facing and healthcare professional facing company owned or company managed formula industry websites providing information about products marketed for healthy infants delivered at full term in 15 countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States in 2020-22.

Main outcome measures

Number and type of claims made for each product and ingredient. References cited were reviewed and risk of bias was asse

SUBMITTER: Cheung KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9930154 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature