Any claim that states, suggests or implies the role of a food category, a food or one of its constituents in growth, development or normal physiological functions of the body.
The Commission will however consider whether specific provisions should be introduced in EU law to govern “functional claims” (for example claims related to beneficial effects of a nutrient on certain normal bodily functions) and “nutritional claims” (such as claims which describe the presence, absence or the level of a nutrient, as the case may be, contained in a foodstuff or its value compared to similar foodstuffs).