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Acacia is Officially Confirmed as a Dietary Fiber by the FDA

Rouen, December 17, 2021 - In accordance with the FDA’s new food and nutritional labelling rules, acacia fibre is now classified as dietary fibre in the U.S.

With more than 125 years as a family-owned company, the world leader in acacia gum Nexira started an enthusiastic campaign five years ago endorsing dietary fibre status for gum acacia, and they are pleased with the positive outcome!

Nexira’s ongoing discussions with the FDA were at the forefront of this effort and became a catalyst that brought together other acacia gum manufacturers in order to reinforce the evidence supporting the beneficial physiological effects of acacia fibre on blood glucose attenuation.

In 2019, Nexira launched a proprietary clinical study which supplied solid evidence that acacia gum consumption has beneficial physiological effects on human health by attenuation of post-prandial blood glucose levels. On behalf of Nexira and representatives of the acacia gum industry, Keller and Heckman LLP submitted a Citizen Petition in January 2021 to request that Acacia [Arabic gum] finally be recognized as a dietary fibre for nutrition labelling and claims on foods and beverages marketed in the United States.

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