date:Feb 20, 2014
Unilever has applied to extend the use of the key cholesterol-lowering ingredient used in its Flora pro.activ range into cooking and baking margarines as well as liquid margarine products, which would tap simultaneously into the growth sectors of functional foods and home-baking.
The company has applied to the FSA to extend the use of phytosterol esters as a novel food ingredient. This is the third application made by Unilever for this novel food ingredient in the European Union. For this parti