EU + POLAND CLAIM PROFILE

Creatine high-intensity exercise performance health claim

A claim-level interpretation of the authorised creatine performance wording, including the 3 g daily intake, adult high-intensity-exercise audience and the boundary to broader strength, energy and endurance promises.

REGISTER STATUSAuthorisedConditions still apply
AUTHORISED WORDING
Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise.
CreatinePhysical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high-intensity exercise
STATUSAUTHORISED
SUBSTANCECreatine
RULE VERSIONSV-HC-CRE-PERF-2026.09
LAST CHECKED2026-09-16
01

CONDITIONS OF USE

Authorised does not mean unconditional

  1. 01

    The food must provide a daily intake of 3 g of creatine.

  2. 02

    Information must tell the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine.

  3. 03

    The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults performing high-intensity exercise.

  4. 04

    Keep this claim separate from the authorised creatine claim for adults over 55 engaged in regular resistance training, which has its own audience, training-protocol and presentation conditions.

  5. 05

    Review the complete presentation and Article 10 information; the claim does not establish that the creatine form, product composition or market placement is compliant.

02

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
Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise.

Exact wording in the current consolidated Article 13 list. Daily intake, beneficial-effect information and target-audience conditions still apply.

EQUIVALENCE REVIEW
Creatine helps improve performance during repeated bouts of short-term, high-intensity exercise.

A close paraphrase, but equivalence still depends on consumer meaning, the target language and the complete product presentation.

CONTEXT NEEDED
Creatine for high-intensity training performance.

The compressed wording omits successive bursts and short duration. Review whether nearby copy restores or broadens the authorised relationship.

03

RISK EXAMPLES

Language that changes the promise

SPEED + BROADER EFFECT
Instant energy for every workout.

Adds immediacy, changes performance to energy and removes the specific exercise pattern and adult audience.

DIFFERENT OUTCOME + AUDIENCE
Builds muscle strength in everyone.

Strength in a universal audience is not the performance relationship in this profile and must not borrow the separate claim for adults over 55.

DIFFERENT EXERCISE EFFECT
Improves endurance performance.

General endurance is materially different from successive bursts of short-term, high-intensity exercise.

04

POLISH MARKET LAYER

Meaning must survive localisation

Use the current Polish-language wording in the consolidated Union list; do not collapse the repeated-burst, short-duration and high-intensity elements into a generic performance promise.

Keep the 3 g daily intake, beneficial-effect information and adult high-intensity-exercise audience consistent across the Polish label, website, ads and creator briefs.

Do not borrow wording or conditions from the separate authorised claim for adults over 55 engaged in regular resistance training.

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EVIDENCE

Rule and source ledger

EU REGISTER CLAIM ID(S)739 · 1520 · 1521 · 1522 · 1523 · 1525 · 1526 · 1531 · 1532 · 1533 · 1534 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924
SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES IN LEGAL LISTEFSA Journal 2011;9(7):2303
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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