At the start of the new year, Enzyme Products achieved another major breakthrough in the field of nutritional and health ingredient safety, with its star product, 6′-Sialyllactose Sodium Salt (6′ – SL), successfully obtaining GRAS certification in the United States . 6′-SL is the fourth ingredient from Enzyme Products to receive GRAS certification, following NMN , ergothioneine , and 3′-SL , and is also the company’s second human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) product to achieve this authoritative certification. This successful certification not only signifies that 6′ – SL meets the stringent safety standards for food additives in the United States, but also lays a solid foundation for Enzyme Products to further expand into the international nutritional and health market, demonstrating the company’s outstanding strength in the global health industry.
Enzyme product 6′-SL GRAS certification
Enzyme product 6′-Sialyllactose
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are unique components of human breast milk, with over 100 known structures. These oligosaccharides can be classified into three categories based on their glycosyl modification: fucosylation, sialylation, and acetylation. 6′- Sialyllactose (6′-SL) is an abundant sialylated human milk oligosaccharide found in breast milk , composed of N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) and lactose units, and possesses several important physiological functions. It not only promotes neural development and stimulates the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut but also enhances the body’s immunity . Therefore, it is highly suitable for addition to infant formula, adult nutritional supplements, and other food formulations to promote healthy development and boost immunity.
The finished enzyme product achieves large-scale production of 6′-SL through synthetic biotechnology, possessing advantages such as readily available raw materials, mild reaction conditions, and high specificity , ensuring high purity, no irritating odor , and no toxic or harmful reagent residues. With these characteristics, the application of 6′-SL in the food industry is safer, more reliable, healthier, and more environmentally friendly .
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Enzyme Products is committed to becoming a global leader in green active ingredients . Utilizing next-generation synthetic biology technology, Enzyme Products focuses on the green production of bioactive ingredients such as peptides, proteins, sugars, nucleic acids, and lipids. Leveraging over 20 years of research and industry experience accumulated by its founding team, the company has established a leading multidisciplinary technology platform in China. It has achieved large-scale production of dozens of green active ingredients, including Smegglutinin, S -propoxygenin, ergothionein, ectoin, collagen tripeptide, human milk oligosaccharides, ceramides , NAD+, NMN, copper peptide, carnosine, and glutathione. It has cumulatively provided high-quality green active ingredients to over 2,000 well-known companies in the fields of functional skincare, biomedicine, nutrition and health, and animal nutrition . The company ranks among the top international companies in terms of R&D investment, scale, and output value. It has undertaken a number of key provincial and municipal R&D projects, applied for nearly 200 invention patents, and received more than ten national and local titles, including National Specialized, Refined, and Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprise, National High-tech Enterprise, Guangdong Provincial Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base, Shenzhen Peacock Team, Shenzhen Potential Unicorn Enterprise, Zhuhai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, and Gansu Provincial Specialized, Refined, and Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprise. It has also been recognized as one of the Top 20 High-Growth Enterprises in Shenzhen in 2024, the Harvard Business Review High-Energy Innovation Team Award in 2023, and one of the Top 100 High-Growth Enterprises in Shenzhen in 2022.