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- 20 Jun
FDA Approves 8 New Dietary Fibers
- Jun 20, 2018
- Kelly Tessitore
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- dietary fiber, FDA, fiber, new rules
New Dietary Fibers: mixed plant cell wall fibers (a broad category that includes fibers like sugar cane fiber and apple fiber, among many others) arabinoxylan alginate inulin and inulin-type fructans high amylose starch (resistant starch 2) galactooligosaccharide polydextrose resistant maltodextrin/dextrin
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- 19 Feb
Food Additive or GRAS
- Feb 19, 2018
- Kelly Tessitore
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- FDA, food additive, gras, regulation
Differences between a Food Additive and a Food GRAS: Generally Recognized As Safe Substances are added to food either as food additives or as GRAS. The difference between the two paths is significant: FDA must sign off on food […]
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- 23 Nov
Here are the main points from the 36-page Menu Labeling FDA Guidance: Menu Labeling: Supplemental Guidance for Industry New compliance date of May 7, 2018 Calorie Disclosure Signage for Self-Service Foods, Including Buffet Foods You may place the calorie information […]
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- 03 Nov
Tips to keep your recipe YOUR recipe:
- Nov 03, 2017
- Kelly Tessitore
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- FDA, fda label, regulations, spices
Recipe composition can usually be reverse engineered with the nutrition facts panel and the ingredient statement. The following are some tips to help make your recipe a bit more cryptic. Order of ingredients: Ingredients are required to be listed […]
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- 08 Oct
It has been proposed to extend the deadline by 1.5 years. The new Nutrition Facts panel is already permitted for use on packaging, January 1, 2020 is the proposed date by which all FDA packaged product labels would need to […]
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- 07 Aug
Claims sell products but often have very strict rules and costly restrictions. Some claims are under the FDA and USDA definition and may require a certification. Other claims may not be well-defined yet. Below is a table to point you in the right direction and get aid in your research. Click on the table for more information on each claim.
Gluten Free FDA GMO Third Party Kosher Third Party Organic USDA Vegan Third Party Natural USDA Healthy FDA Whole Grain Third Party Animal Raising USDA -
- 06 Jun
New Rules – Added Sugar
- Jun 06, 2017
- Kelly Tessitore
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- added sugars, FDA, FDA Labels, new rules, nutrition facts
Added Sugars Defined: Since lab analysis can only test for total sugars it can’t distinguish between added sugars and naturally occurring sugars. Most anytime you add a sugar a processed food is considered an added sugar. If the purpose is […]
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- 06 Jun
The final rules revise the Nutrition Facts by…. Establishing an effective date of July 26, 2016 and a compliance date of 2 years after the final rule’s effective date, except that manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food […]
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- 10 Jan
Don’t let your product be at risk for simple oversights that can be easily prevented by working with a compliance specialists.
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- 16 Apr
The FDA oversees the safety of the ingredients in our food supply. However, there is a little loophole for food manufacturers to make their own “secret” determinations of an ingredients safety. An ingredient labeled “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS qualifies as “any substance that is intentionally added to food is a food additive, that is subject to pre-market review and approval by FDA, unless the substance is generally recognized, among qualified experts, as having been adequately shown to be safe under the conditions of its intended use, or unless the use of the substance is otherwise excluded from the definition of a food additive”. […]
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