IDFA: FDA decision on milk protein concentrates a ‘positive step’
MPC, MPI and WPC may be labeled as ‘high-protein milk.’
Joe Scimeca, Ph.D., senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on FDA’s decision to permit the use of milk protein concentrate (MPC), milk protein isolate (MPI) and whey protein concentrate (WPC) in products labeled “high protein milk”:
“FDA’s decision to allow milk products utilizing high-quality protein concentrates to be labeled as ‘high protein milk’ is a positive step for greater flexibility and continued innovation in the dairy industry. This sort of flexibility allows the industry to provide the American public with more nutritious, high-quality dairy products.