21st Century Ginseng Gains Self-Affirmed GRAS Status

BLAUVELT, N.Y.RFI Ingredients and Ilhwa North America announced its GS15-4®, the 21st Century Ginseng," has been granted self-affirmed GRAS for use as an ingredient in a variety of products, including beverages, confectionery products, dietary supplements and nutritional bars.

GS15-4® is a breakthrough technology using enzyme fermentation to produce a completely balanced ginseng extract in its end-stage metabolite form," said David C. Konn, president of Ilhwa North America.  Human clinical studies have proven that it provides 15 times higher absorption, four times faster absorption and five times more consistent absorption."

Ginseng has been one of the top-selling herbal supplements for years. With self-affirmed GRAS status, we can now offer an improved, more bioavailable ginseng for use in many more applications," said Jeff Wuagneux, RFIs president and CEO.

RFI is the exclusive manufacturing, formulation and sales partner of Ilhwa North America, Inc., a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Ilhwa, one of Koreas leaders in ginseng science.