The results of human application tests to prove hangover relief were released one after another...The results of a study on the reduction of blood alcohol concentration in Guangdong oriental raisin tea are published in an international journal
Jan 24, 2025
From January 1 of this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has strengthened regulations on hangover relief function labeling and advertising, allowing the use of the name 「Hangover Relief」 only for products that have standards for human application tests to prove hangover relief. This is based on the view that the expression of hangover relief may lead to misidentification of products as medicines or health functional foods.
Until now, hangover relief has been classified as a 'general food' rather than a health functional food, so it can be released without proving its functionality, but from this year, manufacturers must prepare empirical data for human application tests in order to use the expression. It must be deliberated and sold by the Korea Food Industry Association, an institution registered as a functionally marked food self-deliberation body.
Amid a series of disclosures of empirical data on related products due to the strengthening of such regulations, Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced that its research results proving the functionality of the hangover cure of 'Guangdong Hutga Tea', which holds the largest market share in the Hutga Tea Family last year, were published in academic journals.
According to the paper published in the SCI-level international journal 『Foods 2024, 13 (24), 4084"Efficacy of Hovenia dulcis Fruit Extraction in Hangover Mitigation: Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Evaluation (Kim Young-joon, Korea University, 2024)', the test group who consumed the product in the human-applied test using"Gwangdong Hutgaengcha" recorded a 12.9% decrease in blood alcohol levels six hours after drinking compared to the control group. In addition, according to the paper 'Clinical Evaluation of Hovenia dulcis Extract Combinations for Effective Hangover Relief in Humans (Kim Young-joon, Korea University, 2024)', the blood alcohol level of the test group decreased by 13.9% from 30 minutes after the start of drinking in the human body application test under the same conditions. In particular, the functionality was demonstrated by recording 61.5% lower than that of the control group in 'Gastrointestinal Disorder' among the questionnaires on the degree of hangover (AHS) answered by the test group 15 hours after drinking.
Kwangdong Pharmaceutical plans to apply a package with the phrase 'Hate Relief' in its products by preparing a scientific basis for complying with the Food and Drug Administration's guidelines.
Until now, hangover relief has been classified as a 'general food' rather than a health functional food, so it can be released without proving its functionality, but from this year, manufacturers must prepare empirical data for human application tests in order to use the expression. It must be deliberated and sold by the Korea Food Industry Association, an institution registered as a functionally marked food self-deliberation body.
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According to the paper published in the SCI-level international journal 『Foods 2024, 13 (24), 4084"Efficacy of Hovenia dulcis Fruit Extraction in Hangover Mitigation: Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Evaluation (Kim Young-joon, Korea University, 2024)', the test group who consumed the product in the human-applied test using"Gwangdong Hutgaengcha" recorded a 12.9% decrease in blood alcohol levels six hours after drinking compared to the control group. In addition, according to the paper 'Clinical Evaluation of Hovenia dulcis Extract Combinations for Effective Hangover Relief in Humans (Kim Young-joon, Korea University, 2024)', the blood alcohol level of the test group decreased by 13.9% from 30 minutes after the start of drinking in the human body application test under the same conditions. In particular, the functionality was demonstrated by recording 61.5% lower than that of the control group in 'Gastrointestinal Disorder' among the questionnaires on the degree of hangover (AHS) answered by the test group 15 hours after drinking.
Kwangdong Pharmaceutical plans to apply a package with the phrase 'Hate Relief' in its products by preparing a scientific basis for complying with the Food and Drug Administration's guidelines.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
