date:Aug 02, 2019
tor of the Office of Food Additive Safety in the FDAs Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
As part of these efforts, the FDA has approved Impossible Foods color additive petition for the use of soy leghemoglobin in alternative, non-animal protein sources, like vegetable burgers. After a thorough review of available scientific information, the FDA has concluded that this use is safe. This action will allow the use of soy leghemoglobin in uncooked beef analog products sold directly to c