Aug 14, 2009
Chinese supplier, Fenchem, has won organic certification in the US and European Union for its proprietary inulin ingredient, In-fibre, in what the company describes as a “huge project”.
The certification took about three years for the company to achieve from establishing and actualising the control system, undergoing an audit from relevant authorities and waiting for the certification to be authorised.
The company can now sell its organic, Jerusalem artichoke-derived version of inulin in markets with a combined population of close to 800m people.
It does not offer non-organic inulin, which is typically used as a prebiotic and as a fibre ingredient, with links to gut health , immunity and weight loss.
Fenchem, spokesperson Junny Liu, told NutraIngredients.com this morning that the EU organic standard was tougher to achieve than its US counterpart, but inspectors had detected no issues in Fenchem’s organic processes.
The company does not have Chinese organic certification, but has not applied for it as the US and the EU are its target markets.
In those markets, Belgian-based Beneo-Orafti along with Cosucra, and the Dutch firm, Sensus, are dominant, but their offerings are not organic and derived from the chicory root.
Liu said In-Fibre would sell at an approximate 30 per cent premium over non-organic versions and was seeking GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) approval from the AIB (American Institute of Baking).
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