《欧洲营养杂志》发表了有关营养科学的原始论文，评论和短文。发表在《欧洲营养学杂志》上的手稿提供了有关营养素和非营养素对免疫学和炎症，基因表达，代谢，慢性疾病或致癌作用的影响的最新信息；或主要关注流行病学，包括对健康受试者和患者的干预研究；食物和食物成分的生物功能，或饮食对环境的影响。

European Journal of Nutrition publishes original papers, reviews, and short communications in the nutritional sciences. Manuscripts published in European Journal of Nutrition provide current information on the impact of nutrients and non-nutrients on immunology and inflammation, gene expression, metabolism, chronic diseases, or carcinogenesis; or show a major focus on epidemiology, including intervention studies with healthy subjects and with patients; on biofunctionality of food and food components, or the impact of diet on the environment. 97% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again