EU HEALTH REGULATION 432/2012 – Official Health Claim for Olive Oil Polyphenols
EU HEALTH REGULATION 432/2012 – Official Health Claim for Olive Oil Polyphenols
According to the above Regulation:
<<Olive Oil Polyphenols contribute to the protection of blood lipids from oxidative stress>>
<<Plant Sterols contribute to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels>>
<<Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats in the diet contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels>>
<<Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress>>
<<The claim may be used for olive oil which contains at least 5mg of Hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives (e.g. oleuropein complex and tyrosol) per 20g of olive oil>> (250mg/kilo of olive oil)
EU Regulation 432/2012 establishes the official health claim for olive
oil Polyphenols, Sterols, Fats, Vitamin E, Hydroxytyrosol and Derivatives, stating that these compounds help protect blood lipids from
oxidative stress and maintain normal blood cholesterol levels, when olive oil contains sufficient levels of these compounds.
In reality the Regulation already acknowledges the medicinal / pharmaceutic / therapeutic / disease preventive benefits of such olive oils against "bad cholesterol" (LDL) and oxidative stress. Still, legislation is slow and far behind from scientific research since it acknowledges only Hydroxytyrosol and Derivatives and proposes a Daily Intake of 20 grams of high polyphenolic olive oil. In fact more than 50 categories of olive oil substances have been already patented in pharmaceutics. Check: MEDICINAL USES PER NUTRIENT
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
THE ABOVE REGULATION DOES NOT REPLACE OFFICIAL MEDICINAL STATE LICENSES THAT ARE REQUIRED SO AS TO WRITE ON THE LABEL THE TERM "MEDICINAL".
Sparta Medicinal Wild Olive Oil ® is currently the only olive oil product in the world with official Medicinal Olive Oil ® Licences while our products have been officially recognised by Pharmacy Faculty University of Athens as "the healthiest and highest polyphenolic olive oils in the world for years".
Independent laboratory analyses performed by the University of Athens, University of Cordoba, University of Crete etc, with NMR LCMS HPLC methods, have repeatedly confirmed exceptionally high polyphenol concentrations (up to 4412 mg/kg, which significantly exceeds the minimum requirement defined in EU Regulation 432/2012 for the olive oil health claim), placing it among the highest polyphenolic olive oils ever recorded. Check our CERTIFICATES
Sparta Medicinal Wild Olive Oil ® is not positioned within the conventional olive oil market. It represents a rare category of wild olive oil produced from naturally growing wild olive trees, with independently verified extreme polyphenol levels that are among the highest ever recorded globally (+4000mg/kg).
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