FDA Amends Yogurt Standard After Objections, Lifts Stay
FDA is again amending its standard for yogurt in response to objections filed following its 2021 final rule. The agency will now allow use of “all safe and suitable sweeteners, including non-nutritive sweeteners,” and “make the minimum optional fortification of…
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Vitamin D 10% of the Daily Value, consistent with our food additive regulations,” it said in a constituent update. The standard had previously not allowed non-nutritive sweeteners in yogurt not labeled reduced calorie or reduced sugar, and the Vitamin D content requirement had been 25%. “The FDA is also modifying the general definition and standard of identity under 21 CFR 130.10 to permit the use of fat-containing flavors (such as coconut flakes, chocolate, etc.) in lower fat yogurt,” it said. Compliance with the final rule is required by Jan. 1, 2024.