In the vegan burgers of the US-based company, Beyond Meat, the flavor Grillin, which is to ensure a smoke-like flavor is evident. The a Test the Bad Kreuznach, laboratory of Dr. Haase-Aschoff for the MIRROR has done.
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The Aroma, a thermally oxidized sunflower-seed oil, is prohibited. Reviewer Klaus Haase-Aschoff considers that it is nevertheless problematic: According to the EU basic regulation on food safety, it would not be “actually marketable,” he says.
Product data are not sufficient to assess the risk
The food chemist refers to the European food Agency EFSA: as early as 2017, the Agency had not been warned, the product data of the American Grillin manufacturer were sufficient to assess the genotoxic risk of the substance.
However, a spokesman for the EU Directorate-General for health and food safety knowledge applicable for a transitional period until April of 2020. For Haase-Aschoff, the grotesque sounds that “scientific evidence does not exist for this behavior of the EU Commission.”
After the editorial deadline for the printed edition of the MIRROR reached Meat a response from Beyond. Consumer safety have Beyond Meat is a top priority, the company said. The ingredient supplier had assured that the Aromenmix the Burger Patties for the EU market containing the relevant Grillin variant CB-200SF.
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