- To produce a generic tool with principles for assessing the scientific support for health-related claims for foods and food components which are eatable or drinkable
- To evaluate critically the existing schemes which assess the scientific substantiation of claims
- To select common criteria for how markers should be identified, validated and used in well-designed studies to explore the links between diet and health
Figure 1: From scientific evidence based on markers for functional foods to types of claims relevant to them
