EFSA Approves DSM's OptisharpEFSA Approves DSM's Optisharp

KAISERAUGST, SwitzerlandThe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a positive opinion of DSM Nutritional Products' nature-identical zeaxanthin ingredient for food supplements. The EFSA panel decided an intake of DSM's Optisharp up to .75 mg/kg body weight daily does not raise safety concerns.

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