Initial information on Kera vegetable candy test results

(Chinhphu.vn) - The Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health has just announced that on March 19, the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene Control has had initial test results for the food supplement Superreens Gummies (Kera vegetable candy).

Kera Vegetable Candy

According to this result, the indicators of protein, sugar, fat, and total energy content are basically consistent with the product's self-declaration, and the safety indicators of microorganisms, fungi, heavy metals, etc. are all not detected or are within safe limits.

However, the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene discovered that the product contained Sorbitol - a sweetener with a content of 33.4 g/100g but was not listed on the product label as prescribed.

The Food Safety Department has sent an official dispatch to the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department and Dak Lak Health Department requesting that violations be handled in accordance with the law.

Previously, the Supergreens Gummies (Kera vegetable candy) supplement product was over-advertised on social platforms. The Food Safety Department has requested the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department to urgently inspect the operations of the Sisters Basket Group Joint Stock Company that sells this product.

At the same time, request the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Health to urgently direct the inspection of compliance with the conditions in the production process for Kera vegetable candy products. Production of Kera vegetable candy products at Asia Life Joint Stock Company.

Delegations from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety and the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Health inspected the above facilities and took product samples to send to the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene for testing.

Thuy Ha