"IMO Fiber" No More! FDA DENIES Isomaltooligosaccharide Fiber Status!

Originally published at: “IMO Fiber” No More! FDA DENIES Isomaltooligosaccharide Fiber Status!

Stop! Do Not Pass Go, FDA Denies Fiber Status for IMO! It’s not a fiber – the FDA has issued a guidance, and this time they’re right. The FDA has recently published the long-awaited ruling on dietary fiber titled: “The Declaration of Certain Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates as Dietary… …(Read more on the PricePlow Blog)

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that FDA dropped the hammer on IMO’s - they just didn’t list it in this draft guidance. Still up in the air, I’m sure

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Hope it will get removed.
What will be the next “fiber” (listed as fiber but not really) that companies will use?

It doesn’t need to be removed from the entire market… it just shouldn’t be called a fiber. It’s a dietary carbohydrate, maybe one that has a pinch less calories.