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SoyScienceTM is a new
functional food ingredient developed by Kyowa Hakko (www.kyowa.co.jp/eng/)
that has gained GRAS approval from FDA in January 2004. SoyScienceTM is a
unique complex made of soy protein hydrolysate and soy phospholipids,
in which these two components are attached together by a natural occurring
hydrophobic bond. Kyowa Hakko’s clinical and safety studies show that
a daily dosage of 3 grams of SoyScienceTM helps maintain cholesterol levels
that are already in the normal range.
Today, SoyScienceTM is already being incorporated into a variety of foods in Japan since its launch in 2001. One example is Kyowa Hakko’s original beverage product, “Remake CHOLESTER-BLOCK". This was the first SoyScienceTM product to be granted the FOSHU (Food for Specified Health Use) status from the Japanese Government of Health, Welfare and Labor. Within the Japanese market, CHOLESTER-BLOCK has since then been permitted the usage of its original health claim; “This product will tend to help lower cholesterol absorption".
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