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Adansonia Digitata Seed Powder
Adansonia Digitata Seed Powder
Low concern
Baobab products were authorized as Novel Food in EU (originally fruit pulp; seeds increasingly used). Generally regarded as safe traditional food.
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What it is
Powder from baobab (Adansonia digitata) seeds.
Functional food ingredient; nutritional supplement; source of fiber and minerals.
Why it's flagged
- limited long-term safety data on seeds specifically
What regulators actually say
"GRAS Notice 273 - Baobab fruit pulp (FDA had no questions)."
"Commission Decision 2008/575/EC authorising the placing on the market of dried pulp of Adansonia digitata (baobab) as a novel food ingredient."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Baobab fruit pulp has GRAS notice; seed less well characterized
European Union — EFSA
Baobab fruit pulp authorized as Novel Food (Decision 2008/575/EC)
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