date:Feb 09, 2022
ssed by the NDA panel in 2011 with a favorable outcome.
The conditions of use proposed in 2011 were that 4 g of beta-glucans from oats or barley for each 30 g of available carbohydrate should be consumed per meal.
However, Nestl proposed that at least 1.3 g of beta-glucans per 25 g of available carbohydrates in the breakfast cereal should be consumed to obtain the claimed effect.
It argued that the reason for the lower amount of beta-glucans needed is due to the manufacturing process (i.e.