GRN No. 1135

Galacto-oligosaccharides

• Intended Use: Intended for use as an ingredient in powdered, ready-to-feed, and concentrated liquid forms of cow milk-based, non-exempt infant formula for term infants at a maximum level of 7.8 g/L of infant formula, as consumed. GOS is also for use as an ingredient in cereals, pudding, and custards for infants at levels up to 14 g/kg; drinks for infants at levels up to 16 g/L; milk and milk-based drinks, yogurt, meal replacement drinks and bars, imitation milk, milk-based desserts, soups and soup mixes, coconut beverages, baked goods, cereal bars, ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, soft and hard candies, jams, jellies, preserves, fruit juices, fruit drinks, nectars, vegetable juices, coffee and coffee drinks, smoothies, soft drinks, and non-alcoholic fermented drinks at maximum levels ranging from 0.42 to 25%; and chewing gum up to 42.7%.
• Basis: Scientific procedures
• Notifier: Vitalus Nutrition, Inc.
• Notifier Address: 3911 Mt. Lehman Rd.; Abbotsford, BC; V2T 525; Canada
• GRAS Notice (releasable information): GRN 1135 with amendments (in PDF) (3.8 MB)
• Date of closure: Nov 3, 2023
• FDA's Letter: At the notifier's request, FDA ceased to evaluate this notice (in PDF) (133 kB)