Food supplements: to add or not to add?
Science on the Menu: A Food Safety Podcast by EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
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🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
What are food supplements and do we need them? From sprays and soluble vitamins to fortified foods, we explore different ways to supplement our diets and the importance of sticking to recommended doses.
Tune in to find out what supplements can and cannot do, and how their safety is assessed to help you make informed choices.
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| 0:00.0 | I'll show you the first one that I take regularly, which is the spray. |
| 0:05.0 | So this is an iron spray that I take. |
| 0:08.0 | I really wonder what is the taste of this iron spray. |
| 0:11.0 | I guess it can be a convenient form of food supplement for some consumers. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:28.6 | Science on the Menu, a podcast by the European Food Safety Authority. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome back to Science on the Menu. Today we're going to be talking food supplements. What exactly a food supplement? Do we actually need them and can they be harmful? To answer |
| 0:46.1 | these questions I'm joined today by Leonan Matiewicz, one of EFSA scientists. Welcome Leonard to the studio. |
| 0:52.4 | Thanks for inviting me Maria. I was considering this would be a hot chair, |
| 0:56.4 | but I think now the air conditioner in the studio kicked in finally. |
| 1:00.6 | So far so good. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:03.1 | Good. |
| 1:03.4 | So you're feeling relaxed and you're feeling comfortable. |
| 1:05.7 | Yeah, let's say. |
| 1:06.5 | Yeah, great. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay. |
| 1:08.3 | So Leonard, when I was preparing for a chat, I was trying to reflect a bit on my own routine at home and trying to see what kind of supplements do I have or what I think of the kind of supplements that I take on a daily basis. So I just wanted to bring them here, show you a few of them. And I was actually, just to give me a second, I'll show you the first |
| 1:31.4 | one that I take regularly, which is the spray. So this is an iron spray that I take. I really |
| 1:38.7 | wonder what is the taste of this iron spray. I guess it can be a convenient form of food supplement for some consumers. |
| 1:46.1 | Yeah. Yeah. This is one that I'm recommended to take by was recommended to take by medical |
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