Latest publications

 2026

• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., Bevilacqua, G., Biesbroek, S., Daas, M. C., Diaz Flores, R., Dommels, Y. E. M., Lefranc-Millot, C., Malinauskaite, L., Michel, F., Pitkänen, J.-P., Rukov, J. L., Schnadt, S., Seleljova, A., Siegrist, M., Silva, B., Sliwinski, E., Smárason, B., Smeets, J., Smetana, S., Tuomisto, H., Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 8 Production of alternative protein sources for food and nutrition security. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23666387
• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., Bevilacqua, G., Cochrane, S., Do Chi, M., Hepburn, P., Jones, R., Kalk, C., Leune, E., Mills, C., Pijls, L., Poulsen, M., Roberts, S., Devansh Shad, H., Sliwinski, E., Smith, A., van der Spiegel, M., Teloni, V., & Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 3 Novel Foods in relation to alternative proteins. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23662862
• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., Bevilacqua, G., Malinauskaite, L., Rukov, J. L., Seleljova, A., Smárason, B., Smetana, S., van Puffelen, J., Sliwinski, E., & Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 6 Food and protein sustainability. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23665495
• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., Malinauskaite, L., Smárason, B., Rukov, J. L., van Puffelen, J., Smetana, S., Galileu Speranza, L., Silva, B., Bevilacqua, G., Seleljova, A., Sliwinski, E., & Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 9 Circularity in alternative protein production. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23666046
• Jacob, A.E., De Matteu, C., Apergi, K. Geraldine Boué, Catarina Carvalho, Aleksandra Davydova, Michiel De Bauw, Claire Dénos, Hanna Eneroth, Hernan Gomez Redondo, Lea Sletting Jakobsen, Marianne Uhre Jakobsen, Carla Martins, Androniki Naska, Erika Országh, Morten Poulsen, Juliana M. Ruzante, Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Hans Verhagen, Yibaina Wang, Andrea Zentai, Sara M. Pires. Sustainable dietary patterns and their associated quantitative health impacts: a scoping review. Nutr J (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-026-01334-6

• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., Michel, F., Siegrist, M., Bevilacqua, G., Seleljova, A., Sliwinski, E., & Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 4. Consumer insights to encourage the dietary shift. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20792768

• Vos, A. P., Van der Fels-Klerx, H., van Asselt, E., Bevilacqua, G., Biesbroek, S., Brodkorb, A., Daas, M. C., Malinauskaite, L., Milana, M., Mills, C., Michel, F., Nitride, C., Seleljova, A., Sliwinski, E., Smárason, B., Smetana, S., SOZER, N., Verhagen, H., & Zannini, E. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 7. Dietary shift insights for integrated food policy. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20793104
• Boaz Van Driel, Ira Van Eelen, Hans Verhagen (2026). ADVANCING CELLULAR AGRICULTURE: A CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CONTROLLED TASTINGS OF CULTIVATED MEAT. Journal of Nutritional Science, Volume 15, Special Collection: Abstracts from IUNS-ICN Paris 2025. Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2026. Page 190. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-nutritional-science/article/special-collection-abstracts-from-iunsicn-paris-2025/C51F3C05B11BD8180F05A3C37B4292A0
• Hans Verhagen, Stephan Peters (2026). A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATION BIAS BETWEEN AUTHORS THAT ARE OR ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE FRONT-OF-PACK LOGO NUTRI-SCORE. Journal of Nutritional Science, Volume 15, Special Collection: Abstracts from IUNS-ICN Paris 2025. Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2026. Page 137.  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-nutritional-science/article/special-collection-abstracts-from-iunsicn-paris-2025/C51F3C05B11BD8180F05A3C37B4292A0
• Tatiana Avellaneda, Christian Zimmermann, Tilo Hühn, Roland Laux, Hans Verhagen (2026). ALMOND SOLIDS FROM ROASTED IN-SHELL ALMONDS AND PLANT-BASED DRINKS FROM ROASTED IN-SHELL ALMONDS AS A NOVEL FOOD AND POTENTIAL FUNCTIONAL FOOD. Journal of Nutritional Science, Volume 15, Special Collection: Abstracts from IUNS-ICN Paris 2025. Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2026. Page 315. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-nutritional-science/article/special-collection-abstracts-from-iunsicn-paris-2025/C51F3C05B11BD8180F05A3C37B4292A0
• Vos, A. P., van der Fels-Klerx, I., Bevilacqua, G., Biesbroek, S., Brodkorb, A., Daas, M., Dommels, Y., Giblin, L., Geurts, J., Heerschop, S., Jacob, A. E., Lappi, J., Orfila Jenkins, C., Seleljova, A., Singh-Povel, C., Schnadt, S., Sliwinski, E., Sözer, N., Tetens, I., Tome, D., van 't Veer, P., Verhagen, H. & Wanders, A. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 1. Achieving a healthy diet in a sustainable food system: the crucial role of protein intake and quality. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18669246
• Vos, A. P., van der Fels-Klerx, I., van Asselt, E., Bevilacqua, G., Cochrane, S., Hepburn, P., Jacob, A. E., Milana, M., Mills, C., Poulsen, M., Seleljova, A., Shah, H. D., Sliwinski, E., & Verhagen, H. (2026). GIANT LEAPS Policy Brief 2. Ensuring food safety in the protein transition. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18671619
• Connor M. Horn, Jack Burnett, Gurpreet K. Chaggar, Martin Duplessis, Eric Edmunds, Jeffrey Farber, Noreen Hobayan, Philip Johnson, Kimberly Ong, Andrew Pantano, Samuel Peabody, Ruth Petran, Aaron Pleitner, Christopher Rupert, Michael P. Sealy, Steve L. Taylor, Yadira Tejeda-Saldana, Geraldine Tembo, Deepa Thiagarajan, Hans Verhagen, Stephane Vidry, Frank Yu, Amanda J. Garris, Haley F. Oliver (2026). Framing Food Safety Considerations in Cultured Meat: An Expert Perspective on Barriers and Opportunities. Food Protection Trends, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 263-283, DOI: 10.4315/FPT-25-022  
• Hartog, A., & Verhagen, H. (2026). Glutamate: Safe and Adequate Intake Levels for Infants—Should Breast Milk Be Taken Off the Market?Foods, 15(9), 1530. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods15091530
• Diana Salgado, Federica Orsenigo, Laurie Stevenson, Nathan Meijer, Merel C. Daas, Sander Biesboek, Jakob L. Rukov, Stéphane Hazebrouck, Chiara Nitride, Hans Verhagen, H.J. (Ine) van der Fels-Klerx, Maureen E. Wakefield, Harry Wichers, E.N. Clare Mills (2026). The nutritional quality and safety of edible insects _ ten years on. Food Chemistry, Volume 515, 149170, ISSN 0308-8146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.149170.
• Michiel Löwik, Loek Pijls, Hans Verhagen, & Jan de Vries. Conserveermiddelen en chronische ziekten - Duiding van recente onderzoeksresultaten. Voeding Nu 2, April 2026, 16-18.
• Laux, Roland, Tatiana Avellaneda, Paula Colon Bolea, Gabor Hirka, Roy Hoffmans, Yaschar Kabiri, Györgyi Kovács, Sophie Pecquet,   Shahrzad Tafazoli, Adél Vértesi, Christian Zimmermann, Tilo Hühn, Hans Verhagen (2026). “An In-Vitro Assessment of the Genotoxic Potential of In-Shell Nut Ingredients According to OECD Genotoxicity Guidelines 471 and 487”. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 18 (3):208-25. https://doi.org/10.9734/ejnfs/2026/v18i31988
• Barrow, N.; Hoey, L.; Verhagen, H. The Prevalence and Compliance of Health Claims on Food Supplements with Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 Sold In-Store and Online Within the Republic of Ireland. Foods 2026, 15, 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods15020286
• Verhagen H. (2026) Column: gezondheidsclaims op voedingsmiddelen 2025: een systeem dat functioneert, met ruimte voor verbetering. Tijdschrift voor Levensmiddelenrecht nr. 5/6, januari 2026, 40-41.

 

2025

• Verhagen, Hans, Erzsébet Béres, Stella Fekete, Adél Vértesi, Gábor Hirka, Ralph Tettey-Amlalo, and Henk FJ Hendriks. 2025. “Testing of a Standardized Extract of Sceletium Tortuosum (Zembrin®) According to OECD Genotoxicity Guidelines 471, 487 and 474”. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 17 (7):186-96. https://doi.org/10.9734/ejnfs/2025/v17i71777
• Hans Verhagen. Aspartaam: was veilig, is veilig en blijft veilig. Voeding Nu 1, February 2025, 12-15.

2024

• Hans Verhagen & Stephan Peters. Onafhankelijke evaluatie Nutri-Score hoogste tijd. Voeding Nu 4, Juni 2024, 18-20.
• Stephan Peters, Hans Verhagen (2024). Commentary: Nutri-Score and publication bias: it is time for an independent evaluation of the scientific substantiation of Nutri-Score. BMJ Global Health.  https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/5/e011720.responses
• Stephan Peters, Hans Verhagen, Coming from opposite parts of the spectrum of interpreting studies about Nutri-Score: Suggestion of publication bias cannot be denied. PharmaNutrition, 28, 2024, 100387, ISSN 2213-4344, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phanu.2024.100387
• Stephan Peters, Hans Verhagen. Publication bias and Nutri-Score: A complete literature review of the substantiation of the effectiveness of the front-of-pack logo Nutri-Score. PharmaNutrition, 27, 2024, 100380, ISSN 2213-4344, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phanu.2024.100380
• Gerritsen, J.; Verhagen, H.; Peters, S. The Updated Algorithm of Front-of-Pack Label Nutri-Score Is Not in Line with Dutch Food-Based Dietary Guidelines: Results of Calculations with Dutch Food Composition Database. Proceedings 2023, 91, 326. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2023091326
• Coates, E.; Pentieva, K.; Verhagen, H. The Prevalence and Compliance of Health Claims Used in the Labelling and Information for Prepacked Foods within Great Britain. Foods 2024, 13, 539. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13040539
• NEWS: Cellulaire Agricultuur Nederland Stichting (CANS): "Eerste aanvragen proeverijen gecultiveerd vlees en vis kunnen worden ingediend."
• Michiel RH. Löwik, Arne Astrup, Alan R. Boobis, Philip C. Calder, Hannelore Daniel, Ivonne MCM. Rietjens, John L. Sievenpiper, Hans Verhagen. (2024). Risk assessment of nutrients: There must be a threshold for their effects. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 146, 105539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2023.105539.

2023

• Hans Verhagen, José van den Driessche, Christiaan Kalk, Stoffer Loman, Loek Pijls, Marjolein van der Spiegel (2023). Voorwaarden en regels nieuwe voedingsmiddelen. Voeding Nu 2, Maart 2023, 20-23.
• Ellen Dyson, Rachel Helbig, Tessa Avermaete, Kate Halliwell, Philip C. Calder, Lynn R. Brown, John Ingram, Bert Popping, Hans Verhagen, Alan R. Boobis, Isabelle Guelinckx, Louise Dye and Neil Boyle (2023). Impacts of the Ukraine–Russia Conflict on the Global Food Supply Chain and Building Future Resilience. EuroChoices 0(0) ★ 01-06. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12380
• Julian D Stowell, David J Mela, Patrick Coppens, Julie A Lovegrove, Harry J McArdle, Frans J P van der Sman, Hans Verhagen, Hayley A Young, Ian S Young (2023). Meeting Summary: “Dietary supplements, 'functional' and 'super' foods: Science, regulations and roles in the diet”. Royal Society of Medicine, London, 29 November 2022. https://osf.io/9z3x2/ DOI 10.31219/osf.io/9z3x2

 

 

2022

• Peters, S.; Verhagen, H. An Evaluation of the Nutri-Score System along the Reasoning for Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims in the EU—A Narrative Review. Foods 2022, 11, 2426. 
• Collins N, Verhagen H. Nutrition and health claims in the European Union in 2022.
  Regulatory Focus. Published online 3 September 2022. https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2022/9/nutrition-and-health-claims-in-the-european-union 
• Verhagen H. & Peters S. (2022). Nutri-Score langs de EFSA-meetlat. Voeding Nu 5, 2022, 34-36.
• M. Zare Jeddi, N.B. Hopf, H. Louro, S. Viegas, K.S. Galea, R. Pasanen-Kase, T. Santonen, V. Mustieles, M.F. Fernandez, H. Verhagen, S.K. Bopp, J. Philippe Antignac, A. David, H. Mol, R. Barouki, K. Audouze, R-C. Duca, P. Fantke, P. Scheepers, M. Ghosh, A. Van Nieuwenhuyse, J. Lobo Vicente, X. Trier, L. Rambaud, C. Fillol, S. Denys, A. Conrad, M. Kolossa-Gehring, A. Paini, J. Arnot, F. Schulze, K. Jones, O. Sepai, I. Ali, L. Brennan, E. Benfenati, F. Cubadda, A. Mantovani, A. Bartonova, A. Connolly, J. Slobodnik, Y. Bruinen de Bruin, J. van Klaveren, N. Palmen, H. Dirven, T. Husøy, C. Thomsen, A. Virgolino, M. Rö ösli, T. Gant, N. von Goetz, J. Bessems, Developing Human Biomonitoring as a 21st Century Toolbox within the European Exposure Science Strategy 2022−2030. Environment International (2022).
• Verhagen H. (2022). Voedselveiligheid en de lessen van covid-19. Voeding Nu 24: 2, p. 30
• Maryam Zare Jeddi, Polly E. Boon, Francesco Cubadda, Ron Hoogenboom, Hans Mol, Hans Verhagen, Dick T.H.M. Sijm (2022). A vision on the ‘foodture’ role of dietary exposure sciences in the interplay between food safety and Nutrition. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 120: 288-300. 
• Maryam Zare Jeddi, Polly E. Boon, Francesco Cubadda, Ron Hoogenboom, Hans Mol, Hans Verhagen, Dick T.H.M. Sijm (2022). A vision on the ‘foodture’ role of dietary exposure sciences in the interplay between food safety and Nutrition. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 120: 288-300. 
• Vellinga Reina Elisabeth, Sam Matthijs, Verhagen Hans, Jakobsen Lea Sletting, Ravn-Haren Gitte, Sugimoto Minami, Torres Duarte, Katagiri Ryoko, Thu Beate Julie, Granby Kit, Hoekstra Jeljer, Temme Elisabeth Helena Maria (2022). Increasing Seaweed Consumption in the Netherlands and Portugal and the Consequences for the Intake of Iodine, Sodium, and Exposure to Chemical Contaminants: A Risk-Benefit Study. Frontiers in Nutrition 8: 1042.

2021

• H. Verhagen (2021). Nutrition and health claims on functional foods in the EU. https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/article/158320/functional-foods/
• Bruinen de Bruin, Y., Franco, A., Ahrens, A., Alick Morris, Hans Verhagen, Stylianos Kephalopoulos, Valeria Dulio, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Dick T.H.M. Sijm, Theo Vermeire, Takaaki Ito, Koki Takaki, Jonathas De Mello, Jos Bessems, Maryam Zare Jeddi, Celia Tanarro Gozalo, Kevin Pollard, Josephine McCourt and Peter Fantke. Enhancing the use of exposure science across EU chemical policies as part of the European Exposure Science Strategy 2020–2030. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2021).
• Zare Jeddi, Maryam, Ana Virgolino, Peter Fantke, Nancy B. Hopf, Karen S. Galea, Sylvie Remy, Susana Viegas, Vicente Mustieles, Mariana F. Fernandezj, Natalie von Goetz, Joana Lobo Vicente, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Loïc Rambaud, Sébastien Denys, Annie St-Amand, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tiina Santonen, Robert Barouki, Robert Pasanen-Kaset, Hans G.J. Mol, Theo Vermeire, Kate Jones, Maria João Silva, Henriqueta Lourow, Hilko van der Voet, Radu-Corneliu Duca, Hans Verhagen, Cristina Canova, Jacob van Klaveren, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Jos Bessems (2021). A human biomonitoring (HBM) Global Registry Framework: Further advancement of HBM research following the FAIR principles. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 238, 2021, 113826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113826 .
• Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Ricardo Assunção, Cláudia Afonso, Géraldine Boué, Carlos Cardoso, Francesco Cubadda, Alberto Garre, Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Alberto Mantovani, János G. Pitter, Morten Poulsen, Hans Verhagen, Ermolaos Ververis, Hilko van der Voet, Bernhard Watzl & Sara M. Pires (2021) Human health risk–benefit assessment of fish and other seafood: a scoping review, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1915240
• EFSA Scientific Committee, More, S, Bampidis, V, Benford, D, Bragard, C, Halldorsson, T, Hougaard Bennekou, S, Koutsoumanis, K, Machera, K, Naegeli, H, Nielsen, S, Schlatter, J, Schrenk, D, Silano, V, Turck, D, Younes, M, Aggett, P, Castenmiller, J, Giarola, A, de Sesmaisons‐Lecarré, A, Tarazona, J, Verhagen, H and Hernández‐Jerez, A, 2021. Statement on the derivation of Health‐Based Guidance Values (HBGVs) for regulated products that are also nutrients. EFSA Journal 2021;19(3):6479, 39 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6479

• H. Verhagen, C. Alonso-Andicoberry, R. Assunção, F. Cavaliere, H. Eneroth, J. Hoekstra, S. Koulouris, A. Kouroumalis, S. Lorenzetti, A. Mantovani, D. Menozzi, M. Nauta, M. Poulsen, J. Rubert, A. Siani, V. Sirot, G. Spaggiari, S.T.Thomsen, M. Trevisan, P. Cozzini, (2021) Risk-benefit in food safety and nutrition – Outcome of the 2019 Parma Summer School, Food Research International, 141, 110073.

• L.C.M. Dorne , J. Richardson, A. Livaniou , E. Carnesecchi , L. Ceriani, R. Baldin, S. Kovarich, M. Pavan, E. Saouter, F. Biganzoli, L. Pasinato, M. Zare Jeddi, T. P. Robinson, G.E.N. Kass, A.K.D. Liem, A.A. Toropov, A.P. Toropova, C. Yang, A. Tarkhov, N. Georgiadis, M.R. Di Nicola, A. Mostrag, H. Verhagen, A. Roncaglioni, E. Benfenati, A. Bassan (2021). EFSA’s OpenFoodTox: An open source toxicological database on chemicals in food and feed and its future developments. Environment International, 146: 106293. 
• Zare Jeddi M. , Hopf N.B., Viegas S., Bal Price A., Paini A., van Thriel C., Benfenati E., Ndaw S., Bessems J., Behnisch P.A., Leng G., Duca R-C., Verhagen H., Cubadda F., Brennan L.,  Ali I., David A., Mustieles V., Fernandez M.F., Louro H., Pasanen-Kase R. (2021). Towards a systematic use of effect biomarkers in population and occupational biomonitoring. Environment International, 146: 106257.

 

2020

• Viegas S., Zare Jeddi M., B. Hopf N.B., Bessems J., Palmen N., Galea K.S., Jones K., Duca R.C., Kujath P., Verhagen H., Santonen T., Pasanen-Kase R. (2020). Biomonitoring as an underused exposure assessment tool in Occupational Safety and Health context – Challenges and way forward! Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 5884 
• Logue C., Dowey L.R.C., Verhagen H. Strain JJ, O’Mahony M, Kapsokefalou M, Athanasatou A, Gallagher AM (2020). A novel urinary biomarker approach reveals widespread exposure to multiple low-calorie sweeteners in adults. The Journal of Nutrition (2435–2441). 
• Zhu, J., Xiang, X., Wang, X., Verhagen, H., & Yang, Y. (2020). The Establishment of Nutrient Profiles for Solid Pre-packaged Food in China. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, 12(7), 86-96.

 

2019

• EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), Bronzwaer S, Kass G, Robinson T, Tarazona J, Verhagen H, Verloo D, Vrbos D and Hugas M (2019). Editorial on food Safety Regulatory Research Needs 2030. EFSA Journal 2019;17(7):e170622, 8 pp.
• Cavalli E, Gilsenan M, Van Doren J, Grahek-Ogden D, Richardson J, Abbinante F, Cascio C, Devalier P, Brun N, Linkov I, Marchal K, Meek B, Pagliari C, Pasquetto I, Pirolli P, Sloman S, Tossounidis L, Waigmann E, Schunemann H and Verhagen H. Managing evidence in food safety and nutrition. EFSA Journal 2019;17(S1):e170704, 17 pp.      
• Verhagen H, Robinson T, Gallani B, Hugas M, Kleiner J, Hardy A and Devos Y, 2019. EFSA’s third Scientific Conference ‘Science, Food, Society’: concluding remarks. EFSA Journal2019;17(S1): e170723, 9 pp.