Topic summary
Flavanol
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Flavan-3-ol.
Regulation
In 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration assessed a health claim for consuming 200 mg per day of cocoa powder flavanols, stating in a letter of enforcement discretion that "there is very limited credible scientific evidence for a qualified health claim for cocoa flavanols in high flavanol cocoa powder and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease". Reasons for this assessment included a small number of credible studies, questionable methodology, inadequate number of subjects, short study duration, and poor replication and inconsistency of results.