02.23.22
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the principal food safety authority in the Oceania region, recently classified a postbiotic ingredient called HK L-137 as a non-novel food. This makes the postbiotic, marketed by House Wellness Foods as Immuno-LP20, one of only two postbiotic substances certified by FSANZ for use in the Australia and New Zealand markets.
Now, House Wellness Foods will begin pioneering an array of food products featuring HK L-137 in partnership with Probiotics Australia for the first time in retail markets throughout the region.
That FSANZ’s determination that the ingredient doesn’t warrant the status ‘novel’ should be considered a recognition of its reliability and safety, House Wellness Foods said. The ingredient is formulated to provide immune support, due to an active component of non-viable, heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum HK L-137, which has been evidenced to work in concert with host defense processes.
The advantages to this ingredient, due to its postbiotic status, rely on its unique ability to withstand chemical breakdown in the upper gastrointestinal tract, which allow it to remain more intact and be more available through the gut. It has been shown to have efficacious effects on immune function in dosages as low as 10 mg daily, the authors noted.
“Heat treatment confers a resiliency that makes HK L-137 acid-stable, temperature-stable, and gives it a surpassing shelf-life of five years at room temperature,” the company said. “Because it stands up to processing and is widely soluble, it can be used in an enormous variety of beverages, baked and processed goods, cereals, and more.”
Now, House Wellness Foods will begin pioneering an array of food products featuring HK L-137 in partnership with Probiotics Australia for the first time in retail markets throughout the region.
That FSANZ’s determination that the ingredient doesn’t warrant the status ‘novel’ should be considered a recognition of its reliability and safety, House Wellness Foods said. The ingredient is formulated to provide immune support, due to an active component of non-viable, heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum HK L-137, which has been evidenced to work in concert with host defense processes.
The advantages to this ingredient, due to its postbiotic status, rely on its unique ability to withstand chemical breakdown in the upper gastrointestinal tract, which allow it to remain more intact and be more available through the gut. It has been shown to have efficacious effects on immune function in dosages as low as 10 mg daily, the authors noted.
“Heat treatment confers a resiliency that makes HK L-137 acid-stable, temperature-stable, and gives it a surpassing shelf-life of five years at room temperature,” the company said. “Because it stands up to processing and is widely soluble, it can be used in an enormous variety of beverages, baked and processed goods, cereals, and more.”
