in early 2005 the european passclaim project (process for the assessment of scientific support for claims on foods), sponsored by the european union and coordinated by ilsi-europe (https://web.archive.org/web/20090822045739/http://europe.ilsi.org/), ended. the aim of this project was to develop criteria for the scientific substantiation of claims on foods. several hundreds of scientists from academia, research institutes, government and industry have contributed to the project. all the resulting papers can be downloaded for free from http://www.ilsi.org/europe/pages/passclaim_pubs.aspx. the final consensus paper, comprising the final set of criteria, has been published in june 2005 in the european journal of nutrition.