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Foodhawkon Oct 27, 2013 5:40am
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Irony: Isolexx approved by EFSA
Irony: Isolexx approved by EFSAhttps://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3420.htm
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/3420.pdf
"The biological value of rapeseed and soy protein,determined by the PDCAAS, appears to be similar. The Panel notes the source and nature of the novel food, the absence of a nutritional disadvantage at the proposed uses and use levels, the low concentrations of potentially adverse components in the NF, and the absence of toxicologically relevant effects in subchronic studies with rats conducted with rapeseed protein isolates with similar compositions. The Panel concludes that rapeseed protein isolate is safe under the proposed uses and use levels."
Interesting (section 6 "Nutritional information"): "Using the most recent amino acid scoring pattern (EFSA NDA Panel, 2012) and a digestibility of 85 % from human studies, the PDCAAS of five batches of the NF has been calculated. The mean and the range of the PDCAAS of the five batches were 0.98 and 0.92- 1.00, respectively, with mainly lysine (in four batches) or leucine (one batch) as potentially limiting amino acids. The Panel notes that this PDCAAS range is similar to the PDCAAS of soy protein with methionine+cysteine as limiting amino acids (EFSA NDA Panel, 2012)."
My comment 1: Casein and egg protein (highest biological value have a PDCAAS of 1.00. It appears that rapeseed protein is (like soy protein) a plant protein of very high biological value.
My comment 2: EFSA has approved its safety. Whenever this happens the European Commission gives also its formal ok.
My comment 3: Once some will profit from the work done by BIOEXX, but probably not its shareholders........What an irony!