FDA Approves Color Additive in Food After Impossible Burger Petition
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to amend color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive in ground beef analogue products, also widely known as veggie burgers.
FDA’s action is in response to a color additive petition submitted in November 2018 by Impossible Foods, Inc., maker of the popular Impossible Burger. The company asked FDA to issue a regulation listing the use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive in food.
After a review of data submitted by Impossible Foods, along with other relevant documentation, FDA concluded that there is “a reasonable certainty of no harm from the use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive” in food.