Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/11/sweet-post-election-thought-how-much-peanut-butter-nutella-really-is-a-serving/
I am just getting around to the burning question of how much peanut butter constitutes a serving size.
Earlier this month, the FDA put out a call for comments on this question. In FDA-speak: “the Appropriate Product Category and Reference Amount Customarily Consumed for Flavored Nut Butter Spreads and Products that Can Be Used to Fill Cupcakes and Other Desserts.”
The FDA is inviting comments (note that a RACC is “Reference Amount Customarily Consumed”)
in part because it recently issued a final rule updating certain RACCs, and the agency has also received a citizen petition asking that it either (1) issue guidance recognizing that “nut cocoa-based spreads” fall within the “Honey, jams, jellies, fruit butter, molasses” category for the purposes of RACC determination, or (2) amend the current regulation relating to RACCs to establish a new RACC category for “nut cocoa-based spreads” with a RACC of 1 tablespoon.
What on earth is this about? Ask: Who could possibly care? The answer: Nutella.
As CNN explains, the “citizen petition” comes from Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, which has<a href="https://www.federalregister….
Source http://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/11/sweet-post-election-thought-how-much-peanut-butter-nutella-really-is-a-serving/
I am just getting around to the burning question of how much peanut butter constitutes a serving size.
Earlier this month, the FDA put out a call for comments on this question. In FDA-speak: “the Appropriate Product Category and Reference Amount Customarily Consumed for Flavored Nut Butter Spreads and Products that Can Be Used to Fill Cupcakes and Other Desserts.”
The FDA is inviting comments (note that a RACC is “Reference Amount Customarily Consumed”)
in part because it recently issued a final rule updating certain RACCs, and the agency has also received a citizen petition asking that it either (1) issue guidance recognizing that “nut cocoa-based spreads” fall within the “Honey, jams, jellies, fruit butter, molasses” category for the purposes of RACC determination, or (2) amend the current regulation relating to RACCs to establish a new RACC category for “nut cocoa-based spreads” with a RACC of 1 tablespoon.
What on earth is this about? Ask: Who could possibly care? The answer: Nutella.
As CNN explains, the “citizen petition” comes from Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, which has<a href="https://www.federalregister….
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