Health and nutrition claims for infant formula: international cross sectional survey.
Ka Yan CheungLoukia PetrouBartosz HelferErika PorubayevaElena DolgikhSana AliInsaf AliLindsay Archibald-DurhamMeredith Merilee BrockwayPolina BugaevaRishma ChooniedassPasquale ComberiatiErika Cortés-MacíasSofia D'EliosGavriela FeketeaPeter HsuMusa Abubakar KanaTatiana KriulinaYuzuka KuniiComfort MadakiRihab OmerDiego PeroniJana ProkofievMelanie Rae SimpsonNaoki ShimojoLinda P SizibaJon GenuneitSohini ThakorMarium WarisQuan YuanSadia ZamanBridget E YoungBrighid BugosMatthew GreenhawtMichael E LevinJonathan ZhengRobert J BoyleDaniel MunblitPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2023)
Most infant formula products had at least one health and nutrition claim. Multiple ingredients were claimed to achieve similar health or nutrition effects, multiple claims were made for the same ingredient type, most products did not provide scientific references to support claims, and referenced claims were not supported by robust clinical trial evidence.