Ingredion Wins EU Clearance for Carrot-Derived Prebiotic Acquired From NutriLeads

Image: Gabriel Gurrola on UnSplash The European Commission has authorized Ingredion’s Benicaros prebiotic fiber as a novel food, opening the EU market to an upcycled carrot ingredient the company acquired from Dutch developer NutriLeads two months ago. The clearance covers Benicaros SF Pure P, a rhamnogalacturonan-I enriched carrot extract sourced from carrot pomace, a byproduct of juice…