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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...