ACNFP
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NOVEL FOODS AND PROCESSES
ACNFP Secretariat
Food Standards Agency
Room 515b Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7276 8595
Fax: +44 (0)20 7276 8564
acnfp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Information paper: Fruitim - fat replacer - Proposed secretariat action
Company - HAX Limited
Product - FRUITRIM - a mixture of concentrated fruit juice and dextrins from grain for use as a fat replacer
Situation - Enquiry about legality of its use in food
1. The Committee will wish to be aware that the Secretariat has received an enquiry from HAX Limited about the legality of use in food of FRUITRIM¿ . This is a carbohydrate-based fat replacer, which has already been marketed in Italy and the USA where it is currently being used in a variety of foods and baked items as a replacement for solid and liquid fats.
2. FRUITRIM is formed in a patented process by mixing concentrated fruit juice with starch. The manufacturing process involves the reduction of the water content of the ingredients to a minimum of 77% soluble solids. The product is intended for use as a food ingredient, but can also be used as a binder, emulsifier and anti-oxidant.
3. As for Simplesse, which was considered in 1989, the Secretariat has concluded that FRUITRIM is not a novel food as it is made from conventional food ingredients. A letter to the company is at Annex I and it will be copied to the Commission in order that other Member States can be informed.
Secretariat
FRUITRIM - fat replacer
The opinion of the UK novel foods competent authority with regard to the status of FRUITRIM