ACNFP: Phosphated distarch phosphate: MGP Ingredients

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Phosphated distarch phosphate: MGP Ingredients

November 2009: Application from MGP Ingredients to approve two phosphated distarch products (Fibersym® RW and FiberRite® RW) as novel food ingredients. Under evaluation.

Phosphated distarch phosphate is a modified resistant starch. It is currently used as a food additive (E1413) as a freeze-thaw-stable thickener (stabilises the consistency of the foodstuff when frozen and thawed) within the European Union in products such as soups, sauces, frozen gravies and pie fillings.

The applicant proposes to market its phosphated distarch phosphate as a source of dietary fibre for use as a novel food ingredient in a range of foods including white bread, processed breakfast cereals, pasta cakes, biscuits and crackers and starch based snack foods.
Approval is sought under Novel Foods Regulation (EC) No 258/97.

Before any new food product can be introduced on the European market, it must be rigorously assessed for safety. In the UK, the assessment of novel foods is carried out by an independent committee of scientists appointed by the Food Standards Agency, the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP).

Any comments on this application should be sent to the ACNFP Secretariat by 13 December 2009 and will be passed to the Committee before it finalises its opinion on this novel food ingredient.

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