The need for consumer science and regulatory science research on functional foods with health claims - What should we do to harmonize science and technology with society?

Tanemura, Nanae; Hamadate, Naobumi; Urushihara, Hisashi

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2017.07.014

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“…Cluster 1 and is linked to concepts typical in market fields ("market", "consumer trust", "trust", "consumer", "information", "labelling", "local food") and academic research field ("research", "sample", "theory", "paper"). Considering this evidence, the food labelling concept seems to be a bridge between the academic field and the market world, suggesting a new and more central collaborative role of the researchers (Tanemura et al, 2017). Although this evidence results focused more on consumer behaviour, an analysis of Cluster 2 found that the evaluation of consumer willingness was another research field surrounding concepts of food labelling design and theories.…”

Section: Food Label Designmentioning

confidence: 98%

Food label design – exploring the literature

Latino

Menegoli

Corallo

2019

BFJ

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the main research fields concerning food label designs and build a topic overview. To this end, the literature review method was chosen.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 121 papers was identified and analyzed using bibliometric analysis. Journals, articles, authors of the sample and the term co-occurrence map, which represents the recurring themes and organizes them in clusters, were defined. To recognize the main research fields, starting from analyzing the terms that compose each cluster, the results were discussed in a focus group composed of five experts.FindingsFood labelling theories are distinctly related to eight research fields: consumer behaviour analysis, consumer willingness evaluation, consumer product evaluation, nutrition and health, daily foodstuff and meal effects, food industry and related products, impacts on market and society and child nutrition.Research limitations/implicationsSeveral stakeholders could be interested in the results of this paper. Food companies could identify the best practices in food labelling theories to improve their products and labels. Governments could understand how social policies are acknowledged by consumers and how to create new policies. Researchers could identify new issues to investigate. The results could also facilitate bibliographical referencing for those who approach this topic for the first time.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, studies on food label theories explore the themes from the consumer’s perspective. The authors’ study, in contrast, focused on recognizing the research fields where food label designs are addressed.

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Section: Food Label Designmentioning

confidence: 98%

Food label design – exploring the literature

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Menegoli

Corallo

2019

BFJ

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“…The FFC system includes functional foods with information supporting the safety and effectiveness of the product submitted to, but not individually pre-approved by, the Secretary General of the CAA prior to product marketing. Thus, although the labeling of these foods’ function claims is based on scientific evidence, accuracy is the responsibility of food business operators [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Introduced in 2015, the less rigid FFC system was intended to stimulate the health food market through deregulation and result in food products that could potentially promote health, mitigate lifestyle-related diseases, and reduce health care costs for consumers.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimizing the Relationship between Regulation and Innovation in Dietary Supplements: A Case Study of Food with Function Claims in Japan

Sato

Kodama²,

Sengoku³

2023

Nutrients

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Regulation has long been a counterpart of innovation in the health care industry, and recent cases have demonstrated that appropriately designed regulations can both coexist with and promote innovation. This study is the first study to explore how the regulatory environment affected the innovation process during the transition of the regulations for functional foods in Japan by examining quantitatively the impact of the foods with function claims (FFC) system on industry, companies, and products. Based on a dataset of Japanese dietary supplement manufacturing companies (n = 169) and their products (n = 731) in 2019, we found that companies that have newly entered the FFC system are smaller in scale than existing companies (p < 0.01, Wilcoxon rank sum test). We also found that companies with FFC products have larger revenue growth (p = 0.01). A multiple regression analysis revealed that FFC product sales increased with in-house clinical testing (coefficient: 26.8, p < 0.0001), diverse active ingredients (coefficient: 7.6, p < 0.001), and the claim of new functions (coefficient: 10.2, p < 0.05). These results suggested that the FFC system facilitated the market entry of small and mid-size enterprises and promoted the creation of high-value products through innovative company efforts.

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“…To propose function claims under the FFC system, it is required to submit a premarket notification and to label the package in accordance with the Food Labeling Standards pursuant to the Food Labeling Act, as well as the “Guidelines on Notification of Foods with Function Claims”. This system provides more information about functional food products to consumers and helps especially small companies develop functional foods [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. The FFC system accelerates new entrants and the further growth of the market.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Corporate Characteristics and Adoption of Good Manufacturing Practice for Dietary Supplements in Japan

Sato

Kodama

Sengoku

2020

IJERPH

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Good manufacturing practice (GMP) is advocated and implemented as a standardized procedure for manufacturing dietary supplements. However, in Japan as a case, only half of the manufacturers in this field so far adopt it. To address this issue, the present study aims to explore the effect of key characteristics of a company on the adoption of and compliance with GMP for dietary supplements. The focus is on the effect of expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. The relationships between company characteristics and the adoption of GMP were analyzed for 90 manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry in Japan. A binomial logistic regression analysis showed that each of the following three factors had a positive and significant effect on the company’s adoption of GMP: company size in terms of revenue (odds ratio = 1.04, p = 0.019), possession of a manufacturing license for pharmaceutical products (13.7, p = 0.003), and number of own product categories manufactured (3.93, p = 0.00009). These findings strongly suggest that the company’s manufacturing capability of pharmaceutical products works as a key driver for the better adoption of a quality standard in the dietary supplement industry in Japan. Few considerations were made for conditions of the adoption and implementation of GMP. The present study empirically contributes by providing key clues for issues in the dietary supplement industry and by forming a theoretical base for policymakers and the regulatory authorities.

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The need for consumer science and regulatory science research on functional foods with health claims - What should we do to harmonize science and technology with society?

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Food label design – exploring the literature

Food label design – exploring the literature

Optimizing the Relationship between Regulation and Innovation in Dietary Supplements: A Case Study of Food with Function Claims in Japan

Corporate Characteristics and Adoption of Good Manufacturing Practice for Dietary Supplements in Japan

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