date:Jun 28, 2012
The firm has appealed to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to do away with packaging-size limits relating to low-fat cheese products (less than 12g fat per 100g cheese) containing phytosterol esters.
Phytosterol esters are made from phytosterols, which is a plant compound, and fatty acids also derived from plants.
It has been shown to reduce cholesterol when ingested. Concerns have,however,been raised about the safety of plant sterol supplementation, whichhaspreviously prevented t