{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1924/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1924/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1924",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the european parliament and of the council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1924",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General conditions",
  "text": "1 . The use of nutrition and health claims shall only be permitted if the following conditions are fulfilled:\n(a) the presence, absence or reduced content in a food or category of food of a nutrient or other substance in respect of which the claim is made has been shown to have a beneficial nutritional or physiological effect, as established by generally accepted scientific evidence;\n(b) the nutrient or other substance for which the claim is made:\n(i) is contained in the final product in a significant quantity as defined in applicable enactments or, where such rules do not exist, in a quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific evidence; or\n(ii) is not present or is present in a reduced quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific evidence;\n(c) where applicable, the nutrient or other substance for which the claim is made is in a form that is available to be used by the body;\n(d) the quantity of the product that can reasonably be expected to be consumed provides a significant quantity of the nutrient or other substance to which the claim relates, as defined in applicable enactments or, where such rules do not exist, a significant quantity that will produce the nutritional or physiological effect claimed as established by generally accepted scientific evidence;\n(e) compliance with the specific conditions set out in Chapter III or Chapter IV as the case may be.\n2 . The use of nutrition and health claims shall only be permitted if the average consumer can be expected to understand the beneficial effects as expressed in the claim.\n3 . Nutrition and health claims shall refer to the food ready for consumption in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 17(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 17(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (Official Journal of the European Union L 404 of 30 December 2006)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1924/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:11.827681+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}