March 22, 2019
The NGO Foodwatch is launching a new alert against the many health promises posted by manufacturers: detox, anti-cancer, slimming or even anti-cholesterol claims are often misleading and sometimes dangerous.
Twenty brands pinned for their health claims
In a communicated entitled “Attention, not all health promises are good to swallow” published on March 21, the NGO Foodwatch unveils the brands she accuses of ” To sell dreams », Using misleading claims on the health benefits of their products.
Detox, anti-cancer, energy, slimming, good night, anti-cholesterol: around twenty brands are thus pinneds, such as Elephant, Lipton, La Tisanière, Tropicana or Innocent, Ricola, Fitness, Gerblé or even Fruit d’Or. The NGO accuses these manufacturers of health promises not validated by the authorities, as the European Commission is supposed to do since 2012. 2,000 health claims are under review and according to Foodwatch, “ the vagueness benefits manufacturers who are authorized to use these claims “. ” The food industry has no limits … If the authorities do not ask them »Deplores the NGO.
Deceptive and sometimes illegal health promises
In addition, these health claims bear “ on products that must be consumed in large quantities before hoping for the slightest effect “. For the promises “anti-cholesterol” for example, ” you have to consume a large amount of these products sold in the margarines department based on sterols or omega 3 to claim to maintain or reduce your cholesterol level “.
“Antioxidant”, “vitality” or “energy” products are far too rich in sugar. But the most worrying is indeedhas “anticancer” mention, which is ” completely illegal “. The biologically.com site, which sells around forty products as “anticancer”, is notably singled out by Foodwatch, which has also lodged a complaint against this site.
Aurélie Giraud
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