Enriched and medicinal foods

Over the last decade, the market has been awash with all sorts of so-called miracle food products. Enriched with calcium, iron or medicinal properties - how true are these health claims and how useful are all these extra nutrients?

Studying food manufacturers’ health claims

Since 2008, the EU has examined 2,578 advertising health claims on various processed foods, but only 510 or 1 out of 5 could be scientifically proven!
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Fact and fiction about "medicinal" food

Recent years have seen a particular type of product flood the market: industrially produced foods that allegedly possess healing properties, known as medicinal food.
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The “superfoods” marketing myth

Not all of us have the time or the money to chase around after the latest so-called “superfood”. And it’s probably just as well, because in many cases they’re a bit of a myth!
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How useful are enriched foods?

We’ve lost count of the foods that are enriched in Vitamin D, iron, vitamin A, calcium, Omega 3 and so on. But how useful are all these extra nutrients for our health?
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