FSANZ reviews mushroom mycelium as a processing aid
Australia
Dec 02, 2024
The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has published Notice 320-24, Application No. A1279, seeking comments on the approval of mushroom mycelium as a processing aid in the fermentation of pea and rice protein.
MycoTechnology, Inc. the preparation is proposed to be used as a fermentation aid in the fermentation of pea and rice protein, with the objective of producing pea and rice protein ingredients that are more acceptable to consumers.
FSANZ concluded that the applicant’s fermented preparation of L. edodes mycelia is technologically justified as a processing aid. The preparation does not have any further technological function in the final pea and rice protein preparation. It is therefore functioning as a processing aid and not a food additive
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