On November 6 this year, the State Food and Drug Administration asked for opinions on the “Regulations on the Application and Review of New Functional Products for Health Foodâ€. The Exposure Draft requires that a health food can only declare a new function, and the new function should be aimed at regulating the function of the body, improving the health of the body or reducing the risk of disease, and must not involve the functions of disease prevention and treatment. The new functions of health foods refer to the health functions that are released by the State Food and Drug Administration and help to enhance immunity, reduce blood fat, and improve sleep. The draft of the consultation clarified that the name and evaluation method of the new function of health food should be essentially different from the current health care function. The new function should have a scientific evaluation method, judgment standard and sufficient scientific basis, and be universally accepted; the State Food and Drug Administration encourages it. The research and application of new functional products guided by traditional medical theory.
The draft of the Opinions stipulates that the new functions of the declared health food should be verified by a registered inspection agency determined by the State Food and Drug Administration. During the 3-year monitoring period, the Bureau will monitor the quality and functions of the approved new functional products, and will no longer accept applications for registration of other products of this function. The applicant may not apply for product technology transfer. At the expiration of three years, if the requirements are met, the State Food and Drug Administration shall incorporate the new functions of the health foods into the public health function.
Vegetable powder is dried and dehydrated from vegetable raw materials, and then further crushed; Or first beating, then evenly spray dried powder of vegetable pellets. 1] Vegetable powder is an extension of dehydrated vegetables. It covers carrot powder, tomato powder, potato powder, pumpkin powder, red beet powder, spinach powder, celery powder, yam powder and other vegetable categories. Weaned infants are unable or unable to eat vegetables due to insufficient tooth development, the elderly are inconvenient to eat vegetables due to bad teeth or falling off, and some adults reduce their consumption of vegetables due to working relations or other reasons. Therefore, vegetable powder has a wide market in this kind of population. In addition, vegetable powder is also a pure natural colorant (carrot powder, tomato powder, spinach powder, red beet powder, celery powder, pumpkin powder, etc.), which is an excellent raw and auxiliary material for processing vegetable bread, vegetable noodles, specialty foods, etc.
characteristic
The advantages of processing fresh vegetables into vegetable powder are: low moisture content, can prolong the storage period and reduce the costs of storage, transportation and packaging; The utilization rate of vegetable powder processing raw materials is high, especially there are no strict requirements on the size and shape of raw materials, which widens the application range of vegetables. Research shows that vegetable powder can be applied to almost all fields of food processing, can be used to improve the nutritional composition of food, improve its color and flavor, and can replace the use of artificial pigments in today's society, which has brought protection to the health of our consumers.
Development trend
The processing of vegetable powder abroad is developing in the direction of low-temperature ultra-fine grinding. After drying, the fruits and vegetables are crushed by ultra-fine grinding, and the particles can reach the size of micron. The market advantages of the new vegetable powder are: the ultra-fine particles are more convenient to use; Nutrients are easier to digest and taste better; It can realize the full utilization of fruits and vegetables without skin residue, which is in line with the development direction of "high efficiency, high quality and environmental protection" of today's food processing industry
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