PinnoThins GRAS Notification OK with FDA

CHANNAHON, Ill.Lipid Nutrition announced it received a no objection" letter from FDA regarding its notification to the agency on the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status of PinnoThin®. Lipid Nutrition submitted the voluntary notification to FDA following the earlier self-determination of GRAS for the satiety ingredient. The GRAS status covers use of PinnoThin in baked goods and baking mixes, beverages and beverage bases, breakfast cereals, dairy product analogs, fats and oils, grain products and pasta, fluid milk and milk products, nuts and nut products, processed fruit and fruit juices, processed vegetables and vegetable juices, snack foods, soft candy, and soup and soup mix applications.

Katinka Abbenbroek, CEO of Lipid Nutrition, stated, This latest success for PinnoThin further supports Lipid Nutritions commitment to scientifically based ingredients that provides healthy benefits for consumers. PinnoThin is one of the more well-researched satiety products available on the market today for functional foods that a food company could include in their product lines."

PinnoThin is produced from Korean pine nut oil and is exclusively licensed to Lipid Nutrition. The company also offers Clarinol® CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), Marinol® concentrated fish oils, VitaTrin® antioxidant and Betapol® human milk fat replacer for infant nutrition.