Science company Spherix has announced that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved the firm’s tagatose sweetener for use in foods.
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Marketed and produced by Spherix’s licensee, Arla Foods Ingredients, under the brand name Gaio tagatose, the low-calorie sweetener was authorised with no stated use limitations by FSANZ, the food health and safety agency for Australia and New Zealand. This action opens up a significant new market for the novel food product, Spherix said.
“There are no public health and safety concerns associated with the use of D-tagatose as proposed,” FSANZ said. The proposed uses include use in breakfast cereals, carbonated diet soft drinks, non-carbonated diet soft drinks, low-fat and fat-free ice cream, low-fat frozen dairy desserts, diet/health bars, diet soft confectionery, hard confectionery, icings/frostings, and special purpose foods/meal replacements.
Arla Foods began commercial production of tagatose last year in partnership with the German sugar producer, Nordzucker, having formed a 50/50 joint venture called Sweetgredients.
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