AUTHORISED WORDING
“Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones.”
Exact wording in the current consolidated Article 13 list. Product-level conditions still apply.
EU + POLAND CLAIM PROFILE
Calcium and bones health claim
A claim-level decision page for calcium and bone maintenance, with a clear boundary between maintaining normal bones and promising stronger bones or disease prevention.
REGISTER STATUSAuthorisedConditions still apply
AUTHORISED WORDING
“Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones.”
CalciumMaintenance of normal bones
STATUSAUTHORISED
SUBSTANCECalcium
RULE VERSIONSV-HC-CA-BONE-2026.09
LAST CHECKED2026-09-12
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CONDITIONS OF USE
Authorised does not mean unconditional
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The food must be at least a source of calcium under the applicable ‘source of’ nutrition-claim condition.
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Preserve the maintenance of a normal function; ‘stronger’, ‘repairs’ or ‘rebuilds’ can communicate a different and stronger effect.
- 03
A same-meaning wording remains subject to the official condition and must be assessed in the complete consumer-facing context.
- 04
Check Article 10(2) information and keep the health-claim analysis separate from source-form, safety and product-category checks.
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COMMON MARKETING VARIANTS
Where wording begins to drift
These are Suppvera’s illustrative review examples, not entries copied from the EU Register. A variant is assessed in its full consumer-facing context.
EQUIVALENCE REVIEW
“Calcium helps maintain normal bones.”
A close paraphrase; verify the same relationship and meaning for consumers in the full presentation.
GENERAL BENEFIT
“Calcium for everyday bone health.”
General health wording needs a permitted specific claim close at hand and cannot silently broaden its meaning.
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RISK EXAMPLES
Language that changes the promise
ENHANCEMENT CLAIM
“Builds stronger bones.”
Changes maintenance of normal bones into improvement beyond the authorised relationship.
DISEASE PREVENTION
“Prevents osteoporosis.”
A named-disease prevention message is not the cited Article 13 maintenance claim.
REPAIR + SPEED
“Repairs weak bones fast.”
Adds a corrective result, a vulnerable-state implication and speed, none of which appears in the authorised wording.
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POLISH MARKET LAYER
Meaning must survive localisation
The Polish wording should preserve ‘utrzymanie zdrowych kości’ without turning maintenance into strengthening, repair or treatment.
Review images, audience cues and adjacent osteoporosis language together with the text; the overall presentation can change the claim.
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EVIDENCE
Rule and source ledger
EU REGISTER CLAIM ID(S)224 · 230 · 350 · 354 · 2731 · 3155 · 4311 · 4312 · 4703 · 4704
SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES IN LEGAL LISTEFSA Journal 2009;7(9):1210 · EFSA Journal 2009;7(9):1272 · EFSA Journal 2010;8(10):1725 · EFSA Journal 2011;9(6):2203
SRC-01
European Commission
EU Register of nutrition and health claims
Claim status, conditions, restrictions and linked legal acts
RULE / SOURCE VERSIONLive register, checked 12 September 2026Open primary source ↗
SRC-02
EUR-Lex
Regulation (EU) No 432/2012
Authorised Article 13 wording, conditions and scientific-reference IDs
RULE / SOURCE VERSIONConsolidated text, 20 August 2025Open primary source ↗
SRC-03
EUR-Lex
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
General claims rules, Article 10 information and Article 12 prohibitions
RULE / SOURCE VERSIONConsolidated text, 13 December 2014Open primary source ↗
SRC-04
European Commission
Guidelines for implementing Article 10
How specific health-claim conditions and mandatory information operate
RULE / SOURCE VERSIONImplementing Decision 2013/63/EUOpen primary source ↗
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