1、specialtyfoodingredients.euFERMENTATION-PRODUCED SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS CONTENTSBACKGROUND 5FERMENTATION,ONE OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES USED TO PRODUCE SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS6SAFETY OF SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION 7LABELLING OF SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS PRODUCED BY F
2、ERMENTATION8ORGANIC FOODS9SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSION OF SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS PRODUCED BY FERMENTATION11ANNEX EXAMPLES OF EFSA OPINIONS ON THE SAFETY OF SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS PRODUCED WITH FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY12TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS143Fermentation-produced specialt
3、y food ingredients|BACKGROUNDThe purpose of this paper is to share information about fermentation as one of the many food technologies that are used to produce specialty food ingredients1 considering a possible introduction of an EU Biotech Act2,which may heighten focus on this technology.The paper
4、also seeks to enhance fundamental understanding regarding the safety of fermentation-produced specialty food ingredients,their labelling requirements,their possible use in organic food products and their sustainability aspects.1.Other types of ingredients may also be produced by fermentation.2.Europ
5、ean Commission Communication COM(2024)137 final:Building the future with nature:Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU:https:/research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/download/47554adc-dffc-411b-8cd6-b52417514cb3_en#:text=The%20EU%20has%20a%20broad,and%20now%20also%20the%20Strate
6、gic5Fermentation-produced specialty food ingredients|FERMENTATION,ONE OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES USED TO PRODUCE SPECIALTY FOODINGREDIENTSSpecialty food ingredients are a broad category of ingredients that are added to foods and beverages for their nutritional and/or technological properties:fibres