In the past week, the Health Commission has accepted the declaration of three new food raw materials, including lutein ester, 

Podoginseng and saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM1-3799. The simple analysis is as follows:

1. Lutein ester

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According to "Announcement No. 12 of the Ministry of Health in 2008", the Health Commission has approved lutein ester as a new food raw material.

Source: Marigold flower, main ingredient: lutein dipalmitate.

From marigold chrysanthemum as raw material, it was produced by dehydration and crushing, solvent extraction, low molecular weight alcohol purification and vacuum concentration.

Use: baked goods, dairy products, beverages, ready-to-eat cereals, frozen drinks, condiments and confectionery, but not baby food.

2. Podoginseng

Podoginseng is a rare crop with a history of hundreds of years. It is a local specialty in Heze Dan County, Shandong Province.

To this end, Shanxian County also applied for the geographical protection product standard, "T/SXLHS 001-2020 Shanxian Luohan Ginseng".

It is a natural nourishing food. It can be steamed, stir-fried, stewed and made into sweets.

Podoginseng is the tuber root of the leguminous plant Tuche ®, which is picked after autumn, washed and sliced.

In the "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" there are species included, Podoginseng, [alias] Tuche, ground chestnut (" Relief herbs.

Native seed, native egg (" Guizhou Folk Medicine "), wild sweet potato, nine Lianzhu, native sweet potato, native egg (" Hunan Medicine "),

Huangpi Guzhi ® (" Zhejiang Folk commonly used Herbs "), Jiubuff zi (Jiangxi Herbal Handbook

【 Chemical composition 】 The root contains starch and alkaloids. [Sex taste] sweet and bitter, flat.

3.Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3799

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a kind of yeast which is closely related to human beings. 

It is widely used in making food such as bread and steamed bread and making wine. 

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a single-celled eukaryote,

It has the basic characteristics of eukaryotic cell life activities, and has many advantages such as fast metabolic cycle, 

rapid growth and easy operation of microorganisms required for experiments.

It has been the main object of basic and applied research. There are 7 natural species of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.