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EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 10.7.2008 
SEC(2008) 2297 
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SUMMARY TABLE OF DIETETIC FOODS NO TIFIED IN THE MEMBER STATES 
 
EN 2   EN SUMMARY TABLE OF DIETETIC FOODS NO TIFIED IN THE MEMBER STATES  
 
This document's aim is to contribute to comprehension of document COM(2008)393  
Where it is possible to make the distinction, on ly foods falling within the scope of Article 9 
have been included in the following summary table. Similar categories of foods, submitted by different Member States, have been grouped toge ther (ex.: all gluten-related indications are 
put together). Moreover, for the sake of clarity, just the countries that reported numerical data 
on the categories of foods notifie d are included in the table.  
Categories of foods AT DE DK ES EE FI FR GR HU IR LV NL PT PL SE SL UK TOT 
Gluten free-food, 
naturally free from 
gluten, foods for people suffering from 
coeliac disease 92  3 215 18 131 1  174    66 113 1128 63 103 2107 
Foods for people 
suffering from milk or 
lactose allergy or 
intolerance or from lactase deficiency, 
lactose free or lactose 
reduced food   5   201    1     388  1 596 
Milk-free or milk 
protein-free               168   168 
Egg-free               160   160 
Soya-free               124   124 
Protein-reduced, low 
protein, protein-free, 
food for people 
following a protein 
reduced diet   19   1         61   81 
Pea protein free               28   28 
Foods for people 
suffering from 
phenylketonuria; phenylalanine-low foodstuff-Foods for 
persons requiring 
protein-midified food 12 12       4      28   56 
Very low-calorie 
products   9    34           43 
High-protein and low 
calorie       8           8 
Low-sodium foods, 
including low sodium 
salts    56 1       5     1 63 
Foods for persons 
suffering from an 
absorption or 
digestion disorder and 
diet-related nutrient deficiency  20                20 
Low cholesterol 
foods- Foods for 
people suffering from 
hypercholesterolemia- 
Foods for hypercholedterolemics 
and/or persons 
requiring fat-modified food 6 46    17        3 4   76 
 
EN 3   EN Foods for pregnant or 
breast-feeding women 10 30               3 43 
Foods for persons 
with an iron 
deficiency  14             1   15 
Foods for persons 
with a deficiency in 
specific amino acids  11                11 
Foods for persons 
with a deficiency in 
certain mineral 
substances (other than iron)  7             2   9 
Fortified cereals, milk 
or biscuits for children 
and adolescences       46           46 
Foods for premature 
infants, low-birth 
weight infants, carbohydrate-
substitution after birth 10   2             2 14 
Growing up milk              1   3 4 
Foods for adults with 
an extra need for 
calcium, such as women after 
menopause and older 
women               6   6 
Fortified milk drink or 
biscuits for seniors       2           2 
Probiotics              2    2 
Weight management 
food                 1 1 
Powdered milk-based 
food for convalescents       1           1 
Food for persons with 
peptic disturbances 
because of dietary excesses        1          1 
Dietetic water for 
persons with intensive 
amount of intellectual 
work           1       1 
Dietetic water for 
persons over 40, and 
who has the high 
radioactive environment and food 
pollution background           1       1 
Dietetic water for 
persons who are 
subject to external 
electromagnetic rays, environmental 
pollution and virus 
infections, as well as persons after sickness 
of liver, kidneys and 
pancreas to reduce the rehabilitation period           1       1 
 
EN 4   EN Dietetic water for 
persons who are 
subject to external electromagnetic rays, 
environmental 
pollution and virus infections, as well as 
persons after sickness 
of liver, kidneys and pancreas to reduce the 
rehabilitation period 
and for persons over 40, sportsmen, smokers and persons 
who ingest a large 
volume of coffee as a preventive measure 
against osteoporosis           1       1 
Total 130 140 36 273 19 350 92 1* 174** 1 4 5 66 119 2098*** 63 114 3689 
* 15 notifications were accepted by Greece, but only 1 has been described.          
** The "Phenylalanine-low foodstuffs" are also as "gluten-free".          
*** As each product can belong to more than one category (for example, a food that is 
both gluten-free and milk-free), the total in the table is higher, but the notifications 
received are 1680.