Safety of Short-Chain Fructooligosaccharides and GRAS Affirmation by the U.S. FDA

Abstract

This paper briefly reviews the general process through which GTC Nutrition Company was able to demonstrate through scientific procedures the safety and naturalness of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (scFOS(R)) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The result of the successful regulatory petition was an FDA "generally recognized as safe (GRAS)" status of fructooligosaccharides as a food ingredient and consequently a broader market recognition and acceptance of our short-chain fructooligosaccharides as a functional food ingredient.