Application A1222 - Steviol glycosides from Yarrowia lipolytica (Approval Report)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed an application made by Avansya V.O.F. (Avansya) to permit the use of a steviol glycoside mixture as an intense sweetener. The steviol glycoside mixture is produced by fermentation from a genetically modified Yarrowia lipolytica production strain, expressing steviol glycoside biosynthesis pathway genes from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. On 11 June 2021, FSANZ sought submissions on a draft variation and published an associated report. FSANZ received 7 submissions, plus one late submission. FSANZ approved the draft variation on 15 September 2021. The Food Ministers’ Meeting (formerly the Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation) was notified of FSANZ’s decision on 27 September 2021.