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Food and Beverages > Food > Dietary Supplements
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dietary Supplements

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Dietary Supplements  

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Entry terms

  • Dietary Supplementations
  • Food Supplement
  • Food Supplementations
  • Food Supplements
  • Supplementations, Dietary
  • Supplement, Food
  • Supplements, Food

Note

  • do not confuse with FOOD, FORTIFIED or FOOD, FORMULATED or FOOD ADDITIVES or FUNCTIONAL FOOD; coordinate IM with specific nutrient if relevant (IM)

Scope note

  • Products in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide dietary ingredients, and that are intended to be taken by mouth to increase the intake of nutrients. Dietary supplements can include macronutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats; and/or MICRONUTRIENTS, such as VITAMINS; MINERALS; and PHYTOCHEMICALS.

History note

  • 98; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION was see FOOD, FORTIFIED 1995-97; FOOD, SUPPLEMENTED was see FOOD, FORTIFIED 1975-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019587

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