The development of functional food raw materials is accelerated

In recent years, the implementation of the Healthy China strategy and the upgrading of food consumption awareness not only show the strength of national policies to support the development of the big health industry, but also reflect the importance consumers place on functional ingredients and nutrition in their diets

According to the relevant requirements of the Food Safety Law, new food raw materials must undergo a safety assessment by the National Health Commission before being marketed, and can only be used in food after approval

For example, sodium hyaluronate is the typical representative of 2021

Looking forward to 2022, functional food raw materials will remain popular among new food raw materials

Up to now, functional food raw materials have been "shadowed" in the approvals and public comment announcements related to new food raw materials issued by the National Health and Health Commission and the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center

Approved new food raw materials (No.

The new food raw material arabinoxylan for public comment is an insoluble fiber extracted from bagasse, wheat bran, corn husk and other gramineous plants

Declaring new food raw materials and allowing more functional food raw materials to get a "pass" to enter the general food market is a highly discussed and effective method in the industry in recent years

When applying functional food raw materials, it is necessary to pay attention to the edible and nutritional properties of the raw materials, and to carry out safety and nutritional descriptions from multiple perspectives, but should not overemphasize the efficacy

In addition to the above, the quality specifications of raw materials, effective component detection methods, stable and safe production processes, etc.

In recent years, more and more functional raw materials have succeeded in the application of new food raw materials in China

(Rui Xu)

"China Food News" (July 11, 2022, 06 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)