RT Journal Article
T1 The Expansion of the Hellenic Food Thesaurus; Allergens Labelling and Allergens-Free Claims on Greek Branded Food Products.
A1 Katidi, Alexandra
A1 Vlassopoulos, Antonis
A1 Xanthopoulou, Stefania
A1 Boutopoulou, Barbara
A1 Moriki, Dafni
A1 Sardeli, Olympia
A1 Rufian-Henares, Jose Angel
A1 Douros, Konstantinos
A1 Kapsokefalou, Maria
K1 Greece
K1 HelTH
K1 allergen
K1 allergen-free claims
K1 branded food database
K1 ingredient list
K1 precautionary statement
AB Branded food composition databases (BFCDs) are valuable information tools that meet multiple user needs. Recently, recognising allergies and intolerances as an emerging concern for various stakeholders, BFCDs evolve to embed information on allergens. This study aims to expand the Greek BFCD, HelTH, to include allergen information for its 4002 products. A new file was added to the structure of HelTH, and data were curated to record label information. In 68.4% of products, at least one allergen was present in the ingredient list and in 38.9% at least one allergen in a precautionary statement. Milk (38.8%), gluten (32.7%), and soybeans (17.4%) were most commonly declared in the ingredient list; nuts (18.3%), eggs (13.1%), and milk (12.2%) were most commonly declared in precautionary statements. Allergen-free claims were present in 5.3% of the products and referred mostly on gluten and milk. In general, no statistically significant differences were identified between the nutritional composition of allergen-free claimed products and their equivalents. This study delivers an expanded BFCD that provides organised and detailed allergen information; new insights on the presence of food allergens in branded foods and issues of concern regarding allergen declaration that need to be addressed in order to improve label information.
PB MDPI AG
YR 2022
FD 2022-08-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21497
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21497
LA en
NO Katidi A, Vlassopoulos A, Xanthopoulou S, Boutopoulou B, Moriki D, Sardeli O, et al. The Expansion of the Hellenic Food Thesaurus; Allergens Labelling and Allergens-Free Claims on Greek Branded Food Products. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 19;14(16):3421.
DS RISalud
RD Apr 8, 2025