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Article: Health claim for barley products.(risk of coronary heart disease reduced)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Food processors and manufacturers who market foods that contain a specified amount of barley may include a health claim that their products reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, under a new FDA rule. Specifically, whole grain barley and dry milled barley products such as flakes, grits, flour, and pearled barley, which provide at least 0.75 gram of soluble fiber per serving, may bear the following claim:
"Soluble fiber from foods such as [name of food], as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease. A serving of [name of food] supplies [x] grams of the soluble fiber necessary per day to have this effect."
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