Figure 1: Procedure of evaluation of health food. A Preliminary evaluation at a provincial level; B Final evaluation at a state level; CHC Center for Evaluation of Health food and Cosmetics

 Classification
Number
Functions
only asked to do animal experiments
7
promote immunity, help sleeping: insomnia, fatigue-relieving, increase tolerence to hypoxia, prevent from radiation, protect liver from damage induced by chemicals, bone density
only asked to do human trials
5
eyesight, acne, chloasma, skin-care: maintain skin moisture
asked to do both animal experiment and human trials
15
decrease blood-lipid, decrease blood sugar, anti-oxidization, improve memory, excrete lead(Pb)from body, laryngitis and pharyngitis, normalize blood pressure, increase lactation, for obesity, promote growth, nutritional anemia, moistening the intestine and relieving constipation, mucous membrane of stomach, disorder of intestinal flora, increase digest function

Table 1: 27 kinds of health food and classification