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.

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

USE RIGHTGENERAL

SOURCE FRESHNESSPOINT-IN-TIME SOURCE CHECKNO LIVE MONITORING

LAST VERIFIED2026-09-12SV-HC-CA-BONE-2026.09

PRIMARY AUTHORITY REFERENCEEuropean Commission · EU Register of nutrition and health claimsLive register, checked 12 September 2026 ↗

TRANSLATION BOUNDARYORIGINAL AUTHORITY TEXT CONTROLSPage summaries and working translations are context, not decision sources.

This profile records the cited evidence at the stated date. Re-check the authority source before a final formula, claim, artwork or market-access decision.

INDIVIDUAL COMMISSION RECORD · EN / EU

Original wording and conditions of use

Current record check required · POL-HC-6346

Original retrieved: 2026-10-13T09:02:09.783Z. This is a register-data check, not legal certification or product approval. Fresh retrieval does not change the authorisation date.

Register status: HCCS_AUTHORISED
Original claim: Calcium is needed for the maintenance of normal bones
Original conditions of use: The claim may be used only for food which is at least a source of calcium as referred to in the claim SOURCE OF [NAME OF VITAMIN/S] AND/OR [NAME OF MINERAL/S] as listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.
Original use restriction: No value recorded in this field; general obligations still apply.
Proprietary data protection: NOT RECORDED. This does not establish your right to use the claim.
Named beneficiary: Not recorded
Recorded protection expiry: Not recorded
Wording field last modified: 2023-06-29T08:57:09.000+00:00
Conditions field last modified: 2023-06-29T08:57:09.000+00:00
Register entry IDs: 224 · 230 · 350 · 354 · 2731 · 3155 · 4311 · 4312 · 4703 · 4704

Source checks expire after 24 hours. Reference text remains visible, but an expired or missing receipt is not current evidence. The editorial checklist below has its own historical date.

Linked current legislation and general obligations require separate verification.
Original EN record does not verify PL/DE wording.
Product amount, source form, presentation and entitlement are not assessed.
The source-of nutrition condition is a referenced dependency, not a calculated nutrient threshold.

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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.
02
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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FROM CONDITION TO PRODUCT EVIDENCE

What to collect before using this calcium claim

Declared calcium amount in the stated portion and the applicable source-of basis—not the mass of the calcium source compound.

Product evidence to collect — editorial review aid, not a new rule or a product verdict
Check	Evidence to collect	Common review trap	Reference
CLAIM CONDITIONEstablish the source-of calcium condition	The calcium amount, portion and documented calculation against the applicable source-of nutrition-claim condition.	The quantity of calcium carbonate or another source compound is not itself the declared quantity of calcium.	Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 ↗
PRODUCT REVIEWKeep bone maintenance separate from repair or disease promises	The exact wording, images and adjacent copy, including any osteoporosis, strengthening or repair references.	Evidence for this maintenance claim does not establish a different disease-risk-reduction or treatment claim.	Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 ↗
PRODUCT REVIEWReview the complete label and consumer-facing copy	The exact label version, serving instructions, Article 10 information and surrounding headline, images and wording in the target language.	A source-of calculation or an authorised sentence does not assess the complete presentation. Do not assume every surface has identical repetition obligations.	Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 ↗
PRODUCT REVIEWKeep permission to use the claim separate from product eligibility	The matching register entry and legal act, alongside the exact supplier material/source form and product-category review.	General-use claim status is not approval of a source form, finished formulation or market placement.	EU Register of nutrition and health claims ↗

Collection is not clearance.

These requests help prepare a review. They do not verify your documents, calculate eligibility or refresh the source-check date above. Product review is wider than the claim’s specific conditions of use.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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