US authorities give their go-ahead to tagatose

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01 November 2001
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The sweetener, tagatose, which is extracted from whey, has been approved by the US health authorities.

This follows the approval in the spring of this year by an American independent panel of experts.
By allowing tagatose to be used in food products, the panel granted tagatose GRAS status (Generally Recognised as Safe) and now the approval by the FDA (American Foods and Drug Administration) marks the final stage of the US procedures for approval of new food ingredients.

Arla Foods Ingredients is currently surveying the future market for tagatose and the outcome is expected early next year.

The low calorie Tagatose, for which Arla Foods Ingredients holds exclusive rights for production and marketing, can replace sugar and a number of other sweeteners in certain food products.

Arla Foods is an international dairy company owned by more than 8,400 farmers from Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Arla Foods is one of the leading players in the international dairy arena with well-known brands like Arla®, Lurpak®, Puck® and Castello®. Arla Foods is focused on providing good dairy nourishment from sustainable farming and operations and is also the world's largest manufacturer of organic dairy products.

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