Health claim eligibility checker: software that shows which claims a formula qualifies for

The EU register holds hundreds of authorized health claims, each tied to a specific nutrient and a condition of use — usually a minimum amount the product must deliver. Knowing which claims a given formula can legitimately make, by memory or by hand, is effectively impossible at any scale. Software that checks the formula against the register shows the eligible claims automatically. Here's the capability.

Claims are tied to nutrients and doses

An authorized claim isn't free text — it's a permitted wording linked to a nutrient at a qualifying level. “Vitamin C contributes to normal immune function” requires a significant amount of vitamin C per portion. So whether a product can make a claim is determined by whether its formula delivers the qualifying amount of the relevant nutrient. That makes claim eligibility a check the software can run from the formula.

Eligible claims, surfaced automatically

When the register's claims and their conditions are held as data, the software can compare your formula's delivered nutrient amounts against each claim's threshold and surface the ones the product qualifies for. Instead of researching whether each desired claim is allowed and met, you see the list of claims the formula supports — and the ones it narrowly misses, which a small dose change might unlock.

It uses the real delivered amount

Eligibility depends on the amount delivered per portion at end of shelf life, not the input amount — so the check has to use the real, overage-and-degradation-adjusted figure. Software that checks claims against the delivered amount gives a true picture: a claim that qualifies at manufacture but not at end of life is not actually supported, and the check should reflect that.

It catches claims a reformulation breaks

Because eligibility is computed from the formula, a reformulation that drops a nutrient below its threshold flags the claim that's now at risk — before a label keeps making a claim the product no longer earns. The checker isn't just for choosing claims up front; it's an ongoing guard that keeps the claims on a label tied to what the formula still supports.

This is general information, not regulatory or legal advice. Claim rules differ by market and change over time, so confirm current rules with the relevant authority or a qualified regulatory expert before relying on them.

Where Lemoniq fits

Lemoniq holds authorized claims and their conditions as data and checks them against the formula's real delivered amounts — surfacing the claims a product qualifies for, the ones it narrowly misses, and flagging any a reformulation puts at risk.

The takeaway

Health-claim eligibility is determined by whether the formula delivers each claim's qualifying dose — a check across hundreds of claims that's impossible by memory but straightforward to automate. Software that surfaces eligible claims from the real delivered amounts, and guards them through reformulation, is the capability that keeps a label's claims earned.

Lemoniq shows which claims your formula qualifies for — and flags any a change puts at risk. See how it works