据欧盟食品安全局(EFSA)消息,8月10日,欧盟食品安全局发布了关于糖类饮食摄入量的科学观点议定书。
2016年6月,欧盟食品安全局接到了来自5个国家食品主管部门(丹麦、芬兰、冰岛、挪威和瑞典)的委托,要求为糖类提供膳食参考值(DRV),特别是添加糖。评估涉及通过口服途径摄入的混合饮食中的糖类(单糖和二糖),主要包括:葡萄糖、果糖、半乳糖、蔗糖、乳糖、麦芽糖和海藻糖。所关注的是糖类与代谢性疾病和龋齿方面的健康问题。该议定书的最终版本于2018年6月28日得到了欧盟饮食产品、营养和过敏专家组(NDA)的批准。
部分原文报道如下:
In June 2016, EFSA received a mandate from the national food competent authorities of five European countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) to provide a dietary reference value (DRV) for sugars, with particular attention to added sugars. A draft protocol was developed with the aim of defining as much as possible beforehand the strategy that will be applied for collecting data, appraising the relevant evidence, and analysing and integrating the evidence in order to draw conclusions that will form the basis for the Scientific Opinion on sugars. As EFSA wished to seek advice from stakeholders on this draft protocol, the NDA Panel endorsed it for public consultation on 12 December 2017. The consultation was open from 9 January to 4 March 2018. A technical meeting with stakeholders was held in Brussels on 13 February 2018, during the consultation period. After consultation with stakeholders and the mandate requestors, EFSA interprets this mandate as a request to provide scientific advice on an Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for (total/added/free) sugars, i.e. the maximum level of total chronic daily intake of sugars (from all sources) judged to be unlikely to pose a risk of adverse health effects to humans. The assessment concerns the main types of sugars (mono‐ and disaccharides) found in mixed diets (i.e. glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, maltose and trehalose) taken through the oral route. The health outcomes of interest relate to the development of metabolic diseases and dental caries. The final version of the protocol was endorsed by the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies on 28 June 2018.