Completed verification of 80 items by 39 companies showing and advertising hangover relief from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Jun 19, 2025
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 19th that 80 items from 39 companies, or about 90% of 89 items from 46 companies that display and advertise with empirical data, were found to be effective in relieving hangovers.
Since January 1 this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has implemented a system that requires food marked and advertised using expressions related to hangover relief to have empirical data for human application tests and to be marked and advertised according to the results of deliberation by the self-deliberation body (Korea Food Industry Association). This is to confirm the objectivity and validity of the empirical data provided by the company as the system is implemented in earnest this year after a four-year grace period since related regulations were established in 2020.
In March, the company requested manufacturers to submit empirical data such as human application tests to produce and sell food labeled and advertised for hangover relief. ▲ Whether the objective procedures and methods of human application test design are observed for 89 items from 46 companies that submitted the data. ▲ A survey on the degree of hangover ▲ The concentration of alcohol decomposition in the blood ▲ whether the concentration of acetaldehyde decomposition in the blood was significantly improved, and the objectivity and validity of the empirical data were judged with experts in clinical trials, preventive medicine, and food nutrition.
Products that have been confirmed to be effective in relieving hangovers this time include HK Innoen 'Condition Hutgae' and Samyangsa 'Fresh Recovery', Dong-A Pharmaceutical 'Morning Care PRESSON G', Kwangdong Pharmaceutical 'Guangdong Darker Hutgae Tea Gold Label', Handok 'ReadyQ Drink Original' and Lotte Chilsung Beverage 'Kkang'.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has requested to supplement empirical data for some items that have been judged insufficiently this time, and will ban the labeling and advertising of hangover relief for items that are judged to have insufficient objectivity and validity by the end of October.
Since January 1 this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has implemented a system that requires food marked and advertised using expressions related to hangover relief to have empirical data for human application tests and to be marked and advertised according to the results of deliberation by the self-deliberation body (Korea Food Industry Association). This is to confirm the objectivity and validity of the empirical data provided by the company as the system is implemented in earnest this year after a four-year grace period since related regulations were established in 2020.
In March, the company requested manufacturers to submit empirical data such as human application tests to produce and sell food labeled and advertised for hangover relief. ▲ Whether the objective procedures and methods of human application test design are observed for 89 items from 46 companies that submitted the data. ▲ A survey on the degree of hangover ▲ The concentration of alcohol decomposition in the blood ▲ whether the concentration of acetaldehyde decomposition in the blood was significantly improved, and the objectivity and validity of the empirical data were judged with experts in clinical trials, preventive medicine, and food nutrition.
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has requested to supplement empirical data for some items that have been judged insufficiently this time, and will ban the labeling and advertising of hangover relief for items that are judged to have insufficient objectivity and validity by the end of October.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
