date:Aug 18, 2012
ngredient.
The Committee did consider that the types of products to which MC is intended to be added may be particularly attractive to children which in turn may increase the potential for common intestinal symptoms in children.
As with previous applications for similar novel ingredients, the Committee suggested that foods containing MC are not intended for children
The ACNFP also questioned the extent to which methyl cellulose is fermented in the large intestine and the questionable roleof m