Health foods are foods that claim to have specific health functions or are for the purpose of supplementing vitamins and minerals. The positioning， requirements， and names of such products vary globally. China's ‘Food Safety Law’ clearly stipulates that health food claims for health functions should have a scientific basis and must not cause acute， subacute or chronic harm to the human body. The Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law stipulate that foods other than health foods shall not be claimed to have health functions. This article focuses on the management of functional claims of similar products in health foods. Based on the systematic review of the practices in the United States， the European Union， Canada， South Korea and other countries and regions， this article summarizes the current status and characteristics of the management of health foods in China， and put forward suggestions for perfecting the claims of common food and health foods in China.