With this standing, the brand new product—often known as YoyiC Galacto-oligosaccharides Probiotic Drink (优益C低聚半乳糖益生菌饮品)—is allowed to make well being claims.
On this case, two well being claims have been accepted, particularly “aids in modulating the intestine microbiome” and “aids in digestion”.
Like different merchandise within the YoyiC line, the brand new product comprises Mengniu’s proprietary probiotic pressure Lacticaseibacillus paracasei PC-01.
The “blue-hat” standing is given to well being meals by China’s State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) both through the well being meals submitting or registration observe.
The submitting observe is relevant to “low threat” merchandise containing components listed within the Well being Meals Uncooked Supplies Listing, whereas the registration observe is a costlier and time-consuming route relevant to merchandise containing components not listed within the Listing.
In line with data obtained from SAMR’s health foods registration database, every 100 ml bottle of the product comprises 50 billion CFU of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei and 1,000 mg of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and is appropriate to be used amongst individuals who endure from indigestion and intestinal dysfunction however not for infants, toddlers, pregnant girls, or breastfeeding moms.
The prompt utilization is one bottle twice every day. The product have to be refrigerated at 2 to six diploma Celsius and has a shelf lifetime of 25 months.
In line with Mengniu, the well being claims approval establishes its new YoyiC probiotic as a well being meals and never a basic beverage.
Work on the product began 12 years in the past, when the corporate’s R&D crew studied the soundness of the probiotic and labored on bettering the synergistic results of the GOS and probiotic, in addition to balancing the product’s mouthfeel and performance.
Medical analysis on PC-01
The corporate additionally stepped up medical trials on PC-01 about three years in the past, Dr. Wendy Yang, senior scientist at Mengniu Dairy, previously told NutraIngredients.
One among its newest medical trials was a 28-day research involving over 1,000 individuals, assessing the consequences of taking 100 billion CFU of PC-01 on indigestion, bloating and higher stomach ache.
In 2022, the corporate additionally studied PC-01’s anti-allergy results.
The aim of conducting medical research is to show how yogurt drinks, when formulated with purposeful components, can function a purposeful beverage as a substitute of a snack—which is what a yogurt drink is broadly perceived as in China, Dr. Yang instructed NI.
Mengniu’s six ‘blue-hat’ merchandise
Based mostly on information retrieved from SAMR’s well being meals registration database, Mengniu has a complete of six “blue hat” merchandise.
The product, Mengniu GuanYiRu Fermented Dairy (蒙牛冠益乳发酵乳) was the corporate’s first yogurt drink accepted to make the claims “modulate intestine microbiome, strengthen immunity” in July 2021. It comprises the probiotic strains Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus and fructo-oligosaccharide.
The opposite 4 merchandise embrace a synbiotic milk powder that claims to “strengthen immunity”, a liquid milk that claims to “strengthen bone density”, a second liquid milk claiming to “support in decreasing blood lipids” with the usage of plant sterols and α-Linolenic acid (ALA) and a 3rd liquid milk claiming to “strengthen immunity” with the usage of beta-glucan.
“The certification of YoyiC not solely confirms Mengniu’s continued main functionality within the purposeful well being meals subject, but in addition accelerates the trade’s transformation in direction of functionalization and specialization,” the corporate said.
