Making a health claim on a food or beverage product can provide consumers with a powerful purchase incentive—which gives manufacturers a strong motivation to obtain regulatory approval for such a claim. But petitioning for a claim is a complicated, time-consuming process without a guarantee of success. And if you think that navigating the regulatory maze in the United States is a daunting prospect, well, it’s a slam dunk compared with attempting to get the nod for a health claim on a product sol…