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Food Additive Petitions (FAP)
Introduction to Food Additives Although the phrase “food additive” may appear to be self-explanatory, the legal definition in the United States is purposefully broad to exert a mechanism of premarket approval over anything that could become a part ...
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New Dietary Ingredients (NDI)
Introduction to NDI (New Dietary Ingredients) Dietary supplements, the vitamin D softgel that you swallow for example, are comprised of dietary ingredients. This concept of “dietary ingredients” as the components of dietary supplements, and not food ...
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Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)
Introduction to GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) The Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) for food-use pathway was established by the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Under the 1958 Food ...
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General Techniques for Preparing ...
Introduction Solubility is a key concern in the delivery of active ingredients in both pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Many desirable functional ingredients for drug products, food, beverages and cosmetics are considered hydrophobic or ...
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Encapsulation of Active ...
Introduction to Encapsulation Micro- and nano-encapsulation are used in a variety of situations where enhanced solubility or controlling the release of a functional ingredient or "active" material is necessary. There are many structures that ...
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Nutrient Absorption
Introduction to Solubility We get the nutrients we need from our food. Obvious, right? But how are those nutrients liberated from the food we eat or drink in a way they can be absorbed through our gut? That, it turns out, is a very complicated ...
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