Commission staff working document - Summary table of dietetic foods notified in the member states
Date: 2008-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: diabetes, dietary product, health legislation, health policy, nutrition, public health, report, therapeutics

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 10.7.2008 
SEC(2008) 2297 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT 

SUMMARY TABLE OF DIETETIC FOODS NOTIFIED IN THE MEMBER STATES 

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SUMMARY TABLE OF DIETETIC FOODS NOTIFIED 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, only 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  together  (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 notified 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 

free-food, 
Gluten 
from 
naturally 
gluten, 
for 
people  suffering  from 
coeliac disease 

free 
foods 

allergy 

Foods 
people 
for 
suffering from milk or 
or 
lactose 
intolerance  or 
from 
lactase 
deficiency, 
lactose  free  or  lactose 
reduced food 

Milk-free 
protein-free 

or  milk 

Egg-free 

Soya-free 

Protein-reduced, 
low 
protein,  protein-free, 
food 
people 
for 
following  a  protein 
reduced diet 

Pea protein free 

for 

people 
from 

Foods 
suffering 
phenylketonuria; 
phenylalanine-low 
for 
foodstuff-Foods 
persons 
requiring 
protein-midified food 

Very 
products 

low-calorie 

High-protein  and  low 
calorie 

Low-sodium 
foods, 
including  low  sodium 
salts 

for  persons 
Foods 
an 
from 
suffering 
absorption 
or 
digestion  disorder  and 
diet-related 
nutrient 
deficiency 

Foods 

cholesterol 
Low 
foods- 
for 
people  suffering  from 
hypercholesterolemia- 
Foods 
for 
hypercholedterolemics 
and/or 
persons 
requiring  fat-modified 
food 

92 

3 

215 

18 

131 

1 

174 

66 

113 

1128 

63 

103 

2107 

5 

201 

1 

388 

1 

596 

19 

1 

12 

12 

4 

9 

34 

8 

168 

160 

124 

61 

28 

28 

168 

160 

124 

81 

28 

56 

43 

8 

56 

1 

5 

1 

63 

20 

20 

6 

46 

17 

3 

4 

76 

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Foods  for  pregnant  or 
breast-feeding women 

10 

30 

14 

11 

7 

10 

2 

Foods 
with 
deficiency 

for  persons 
iron 

an 

Foods 
for  persons 
with  a  deficiency  in 
specific amino acids 

Foods 
for  persons 
with  a  deficiency  in 
certain 
mineral 
substances  (other  than 
iron) 

Fortified  cereals,  milk 
or biscuits for children 
and adolescences 

Foods  for  premature 
low-birth 
infants, 
weight 
infants, 
carbohydrate-
substitution after birth 

Growing up milk 

Foods  for  adults  with 
for 
an  extra  need 
as 
calcium, 
such 
after 
women 
menopause  and  older 
women 

Fortified milk drink or 
biscuits for seniors 

Probiotics 

Weight  management 
food 

Powdered  milk-based 
food for convalescents 

Food  for  persons with 
peptic 
disturbances 
because  of  dietary 
excesses 

for 
Dietetic  water 
persons with intensive 
amount  of  intellectual 
work 

Dietetic  water 
for 
persons  over  40,  and 
who  has 
the  high 
radioactive 
environment  and  food 
pollution background 

for 
Dietetic  water 
are 
persons  who 
subject 
external 
to 
electromagnetic  rays, 
environmental 
pollution  and  virus 
infections,  as  well  as 
persons  after  sickness 
of  liver,  kidneys  and 
pancreas to reduce the 
rehabilitation period 

1 

2 

6 

1 

2 

3 

43 

15 

11 

9 

46 

2 

14 

3 

4 

1 

6 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

46 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

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Dietetic  water 
for 
persons  who 
are 
external 
to 
subject 
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 
sportsmen, 
40, 
smokers  and  persons 
who 
large 
ingest  a 
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 

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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. 

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