Food supplements are concentrated sources of nutrients or other substances with a nutritional or physiological effect such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fibre, enzymes, various plants and herbal extracts.
Dietary supplements are marketed in forms such as tablets, capsules, pills, powders, and liquids in measured doses
Food supplements are intended to correct nutritional deficiencies, maintain an adequate intake of certain nutrients or to support specific physiological functions.
Unlike drugs, supplements are not permitted to be marketed for the purpose of treating, diagnosing, preventing, or curing diseases.
In the EU, food supplements are regulated as foods.
In view of the above Neotron aims to support clients with its expertise to put safe products in the market in order to guarantee the food safety and human health and well-being.
Neotron offers analyses of vitamins and minerals which may be declared in food supplements according to Annex I to Dir. (EC) No 46/2002
Gas Permeability Tests on Plastic Films and Packages
Posted in: Highlights, NewsToday it is important to evaluate the properties of the gas barrier (oxygen, water vapor and carbon dioxide) to characterize the performance of plastic films and containers to preserve the quality and safety of the product. Neotron test methods covers a procedure for determination of the steady-state rate of transmission of various gas (Oxygen, Steam […]
