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sugar. The starch content in stage 5 bananas is about 15%.
NuBana flour is produced when
starch content is at its highest. The
NuBana flour contains 75% to 80%
amylopectin and 20% to 25% amylose,
a ratio that is similar to the ratio in
dent corn or potatoes.
"This plays out into interesting
functional properties," Ms. Witwer
said. "For example, NuBana N100 has
very long chains of amylopectin, with
unique viscosifying activity where
it behaves like a lightly cross-linked
modified starch."
Clean label wheat protein isolates
MGP Ingredients, Atchison, Kas.,
has introduced Arise 8100 and Arise
8200, both Non-GMO Project verified, to its Arise line of wheat protein isolates. The ingredients offer

IFT17 Recap

Dairy protein may be used in binding systems that may reduce sugar in bars.

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such benefits to baked foods as enhanced dough strength and elasticity
and a way to supplement weak flour
characteristics for added volume.
"Our innovation team continues to
respond to consumers and food designers who want the option of being

able to select clean label products,"
said Mike Buttshaw, vice-president
of ingredient sales and marketing.
Arise 8100 is the clean label equivalent of Arise 5000, which has a processing aid that may not be perceived
as clean label, said Ody Maningat,
Ph.D., vice-president of research and
development and chief science officer. The L-cysteine in Arise 8100,
unlike the L-cysteine in Arise 5000,
is derived from a vegetarian, nonbioengineered/non-G.M.O. source.
Arise 8200 is the clean label equivalent of Arise 6000, Dr. Maningat said.
The L-cysteine in Arise 8200 also is derived from a vegetarian, non-bioengineered/non-G.M.O. source. MBN

Creation of G.M.O. labeling law
marching on - for now
LAS VEGAS - The Donald Trump
administration has delayed the implementation of a new federal Nutrition
Facts Panel as well as a new national
menu labeling law. Could a finalized
G.M.O. labeling law be delayed, too?
That question was asked to Craig
Morris, Ph.D., a deputy administrator
for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Marketing Service, in a presentation at IFT17, the Institute of Food

Technologists' annual meeting and food
exposition June 27 in Las Vegas.
"Well, we have a statutory requirement to have the regulation published
by July of 2018," he said. "So that (a delay) would be up to the administration.
Our intent obviously is ... the current
marching orders we have in place is to
have regulation in place by July of '18."
The new Nutrition Facts Panel issued
by the Food and Drug Administration

aspects of the
G.M.O. labeling statute:

1. Defining bioengineered food,
2. The authority to preempt state food

6. Special allowances for small food

labeling standards,

manufacturers, although the definition
of a small food manufacturer has yet to
be determined,

7. Food safety implications, although

The creation of federal mandatory
disclosure,

Providing manufacturers with three
choices in disclosure: text, electronic
disclosure such as quick-response (Q.R.)
codes, and other forms such as a symbol,

5.Exclusions that do not require disclosure,
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the statute in no way, shape, or form
disparages bioengineered foods,

8. Provisions for organically produced
foods, and

originally was supposed to become
mandatory by July 26, 2018. The Trump
administration has delayed compliance
until a date yet to be determined. Dr.
Morris said the U.S.D.A.'s Agricultural
Marketing Service, which will oversee
the G.M.O. labeling law, is working
closely with the F.D.A. and that mandatory compliance for both rulings potentially could be dates where manufacturers could come into compliance at the
same time.
The Barack Obama administration enacted the G.M.O. labeling law,
known as the National Bioengineered
Food Disclosure Standard, on July
29, 2016. Dr. Morris said the U.S.D.A.
hopes to release a proposed rule for
public comment this fall.
The law defines bioengineered food as
food intended for human consumption
that contains genetic material that has
been modified through in vitro recombinant DNA techniques and for which
the modification could not otherwise be
obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature. The Secretary of
Agriculture shall determine the amount
of bioengineered substance necessary to
deem the food as bioengineered.
Dr. Morris said the U.S.D.A. is
facing an "aggressive" timeline to
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