GLG Life Tech, a Canada-based firm engaged in agricultural and commercial development of stevia products, has announced that Health Canada has added its Luo Han Guo (Monk Fruit) to the list of permitted sweeteners.
Lo Han Guo is a calorie free, low glycemic index natural sweetener that can be produced leveraging production processes with nominal capital outlays expected, the company noted.
GLG Life Tech stated that the natural sweetener when used alone and in combination with stevia offers more options for zero or reduced calorie formulations.
The company is currently working to obtain US FDA GRAS for Lo Han Guo product line and is establishing an integrated supply chain for the products.
The supply chain is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2014.
