Food supplements and similar preparations A03SJ Generic term * Composite food simple **

The group includes any type of Food supplements intended for general population or specific age groups and also other preparations that, while not necessarily providing nutrients to integrate the diet, are a source of nutraceutical substances. These preparations are commonly either in capsules / tablets or in powder or in liquid form. Supplements for sporting people are included in a specific separate group because they have tentative classes in view of possible regulations. The part consumed/analysed is by default the whole marketed unit or a homogeneous representative portion.

Generic term (Level of detail)

A term that fixes a food's general nature but not its specific source. To be used only as a base term in a FoodEx2 code if no more specific term is available. ↩

Composite food simple (Type of Term)

A food made by combining ingredients of different natures — a recipe — such as a sauce or a flavoured yogurt. ↩

Implicit facet descriptors *

Descriptors marked are not part of "Zoonoses hierarchy" and open in their own default hierarchy.

Facet descriptor

Implicit facet descriptors are characteristics a food already implies, so they are left out of its FoodEx2 code. For example, "smoked salmon" (A02KF) implies the facet descriptor "smoking" (F28.A07JV); because the term itself already conveys it, it is not added to the code. ↩

Narrower terms

These are child terms of the current term, "Food supplements and similar preparations".

Sibling terms

Other terms sharing the same "Food for particular diets" parent term.

Record metadata

Status
APPROVED
Version
8.9
Valid from
30 Oct 2014, 00:00
Valid to
-
Last update
20 Jul 2017, 17:46