Category: Standard

Non – fermented soybean products are the products, the main ingredients of which are the soybean and/or soy derivative(s) (e.g. soybean flour, soybean concentrates, soybean isolates or defatted soya) and water and are produced without fermentation process. It shall have the characteristic flavour, color and texture of the product. There should not be any visible […]

The Soya products such as miso, tempeh, natto, and soy or tamari sauce obtained through fermentation by host of beneficial yeast, mould, and bacteria. Whole-food, fermented soy powders, milks, and yogurts are also cultured with multiple species of beneficial bacteria.

“Quinoa” means the dried matured grains obtained from the plants of Chenopodium quinoa from which saponins have been removed by washing, scouring, dehulling or by any other suitable process. Quinoa was a staple food of the ancient civilizations of the Andes of South America, and is mainly grown in the Andean Countries of Peru and […]

No, quinoa is not a cereal. It is sometimes called a pseudo-cereal because of its grain-like appearance and sometimes a pseudo-oilseed because of its high content of fat.

Millets are highly nutritious, non-glutinous and not acid forming food. Hence they’re soothing and easy to digest.

The proposed fortification regulation has a provision to only use micronutrients from plant sources.

Dietary fibre is classified under carbohydrates. Dietary fibres are parts of plant foods that your body ca​​n’t digest. There are two types of fibre: soluble and insoluble fibre.

The FSS (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 can be referred for the limits of pesticides insecticides prescribed by FSSAI for cereals and cereals products Or the information’s are also available on the website: http://foodregulatory.fssai.gov.in/infolnet.

Vegetable oils consist of fatty acids and other minor constituents like pigments, fat soluble vitamins, antioxidants, sterols, free fatty acids, etc. There are three types of fatty acids: saturated (SAFA), monounsaturated (MUFA) and poly unsaturated (PUFA).

FBOs are required to submit an application to FSSAI providing with requisite documents as specified in Food Safety and Standards (Approval of Non-specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations, 2017 along with a fee of Rs. 50000/product.

Requisite documents may be seen in Food Safety and Standards (Approval of Non-specified Food and Food Ingredients) Regulations, 2017.

A fatty acid carbon chain that does not have double bond or point of unsaturation.

Packaging requirements may be seen under regulation 2.1 of Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulation, 2011.

FSSAI specifies India’s organic logo i.e. ‘Jaivik Bharat’ logo on the certified Organic foods.

Jaivik Bharat’ logo is mark of trust which ensures that the organic product has been certified under any one of the two recognized systems of certification.