IFT Webinar -FDA New Dietary Fiber Labelling Laws
November 2020
This webinar covered the essentials of the analytical documentation needed to support dietary fiber labeling for nutrition facts disclosures. The latest advances in the analysis of non-digestible carbohydrates, which allow the most complete accounting of FDA-approved dietary fibers will be presented along with case studies of class action lawsuits which target the most common mistakes of food manufacturers.
David Plank
Managing Principal - WRSS Food & Nutrition Insights
Dave discusses the requirements of the new FDA regulations. Many food manufacturers are under the misconception that only record keeping is required for validating the amounts of dietary fiber labeled on a food product. The audience will learn that the new regulations require that the total non-digestible carbohydrates must be determined by an approved AOAC analytical method and then reconciled against recorded formulation of the food product to assure compliance.
Dr. Barry McCleary
CEO - Megazyme
Barry will present original research resulting in a new AOAC approved method for dietary fiber measurement. This new method, AOAC 2017.16 provides a full recovery of FDA approved dietary fibers with faster speed and lower cost. The audience will learn why some dietary fibers give poor analytical recoveries with current analytical methods like AOAC 2009.01, AOAC 985.29, and AOAC 991.43 and how this can negatively impact label claims.
Learn more about AOAC 2017.16
Rapid Integrated Total Dietary Fiber Assay Kit K-RINTDF, AOAC Method 2017.16 is an updated fiber method to be more consistent with in-vivo conditions in the human small intestine. These new conditions ensure that resistant maltodextrin artifacts that were produced from non resistant starch under the incubation conditions (2009.01 and 2011.25) are no longer produced.