US FDA allows new claim that yogurt may reduce diabetes risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it would allow yogurt makers to say that the dairy product may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes as more Americans die from the disease and take medications like Ozempic to battle it. The FDA will permit dairy companies to say that eating yogurt regularly – at least two cups or three servings per week – may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to limited scientific evidence, according to a letter posted on the regulator's website. Activia yogurt maker Danone SA asked the FDA to greenlight the claim in 2018, after the French company "noticed the body of evidence was really growing and becoming more compelling" to support it, said Amanda Blechman, Danone director of health and scientific affairs.