+390677209020 | +39 0267380552 info@direnzo.biz | sedemilano@direnzo.biz | Italian Lenguage
Regulation Food Supplement

Food supplements regulation in Italy. A brief guide for 2025

According to the definition of Legislative Decree 169/2004, food supplements are “foodstuffs intended to complete ordinary diet and constituting a concentrated source...

Forbidden claims on food supplements

Use of forbidden claims on food supplements

The use of food supplements in Italy is increasingly widespread, but at the same time the presence on the market...

Food for Special Medical Purposes

Food for Special Medical Purposes

Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) is a very particular category of products, for people with specific food/nutritional difficulties. From...

Novel Food

What is a novel food and how to market it

Consumers’ food choices tend to vary in time and, especially in recent years, new types of foods have arrived on...

Label manufacturing for the food sector

Label manufacturing for the food sector

Labels can be considered as the business cards of products. Any kind of product is actually introduced by its label,...

Cannabidiol as novel food

Cannabidiol as novel food? EFSA say no for now

A panel of scientific experts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has put on hold the evaluation of the...

mushrooms as food supplements

How to market mushrooms as food supplements

In our culture, mushrooms (“fungi”) are generally considered as foods widely used in traditional cooking, being very versatile and therefore...

What are health claims?

In parallel with the steady increase in the use of food supplements by the Italian population, we often find a...

Food Supplements and Brexit

Food Supplements and Brexit

As of 2021, United Kingdom is no more a Member of the European Union; the Brexit transition period has in fact concluded...

Food supplements: electronic notification, marketing and FSC

Food supplements: electronic notification, marketing and FSC

The electronic notification of food supplements has been active for more than 2 years. This new procedure has certainly generated a greater...