Kera vegetable candy contains sweetener but the manufacturer does not state it on the label.

NDO - The National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene has discovered that Kera vegetable candy products contain sorbitol, a sweetener, at a content of 33.4 g/100 g, but it is not listed on the product label as prescribed.

On March 20, the Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health announced that the results of testing Kera vegetable candy by the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene Testing discovered that the product contained Sorbitol, a sweetener, with a content of 33.4 g/100 g, but was not listed on the product label as required.

According to the Department of Food Safety, on March 19, 2025, the National Institute for Food Safety Control had initial test results on the food supplement Supergreens Gummies (Kera vegetable candy), according to which the indicators on protein, sugar, fat, and total energy content were basically consistent with the product's self-declaration.

The Food Safety Department requested the National Institute for Food Safety Control to test additional substances and safety indicators.

According to the test results of the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, reported to the Department of Food Safety, the indicators of protein, sugar, fat, and total energy content are basically consistent with the self-declaration of the product, the safety indicators of microorganisms, fungi, heavy metals, etc., are all not detected or are within safe limits.

However, the National Institute for Food Safety Control also discovered that the product contained sorbitol, a sweetener, at a content of 33.4g/100g, but it was not listed on the product label as required.

The Food Safety Department has sent an official dispatch to the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department and Dak Lak Department of Health requesting to handle violations in accordance with the law.

The Food Safety Department said that, in response to information about excessive advertising of the Supergreens Gummies (Kera vegetable candy) supplement product on social platforms, on March 6, 2025, the Food Safety Department issued Official Dispatches No. 396/ATTP-PCTTR to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety requesting an urgent inspection of the operations of the Sisters Basket Group Joint Stock Company trading this product in Ho Chi Minh City and Official Dispatch No. 398/ATTP-PCTTR to the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Health. Relevant units urgently directed the inspection of compliance with the conditions during the production process for Kera vegetable candy products; the production of Kera vegetable candy products at Asia Life Joint Stock Company.

Delegations from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety and the Dak Lak Provincial Department of Health inspected the above facilities and took product samples to send to the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene for testing.

Previously, the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene Control (Ministry of Health) was the unit that received and tested Kera vegetable candy samples sent from authorities in Dak Lak and Ho Chi Minh City.

Kera vegetable candy is produced by Asia Life Joint Stock Company (Dak Lak) under the order of Chi Em Rot Group Joint Stock Company (CER Group) headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City.

Previously, on March 5, Kera VietNam Fanpage posted information about the test results of Kera vegetable candy, confirming that 100g of candy contains 0.935% fiber, equivalent to about 0.02992g. On February 13, 2025, the test result of Inulin fiber (a type of soluble fiber) in the candy was 5.8%, equivalent to about 0.1856g.

According to the representative of the Food Safety Department, the advertisement that 1 Kera candy is equivalent to 1 plate of vegetables is due to the fact that those who advertise vegetable candy products on social networks have exaggerated the effectiveness. Kera vegetable candy is called a food supplement by the manufacturer and business unit.

Currently, functional foods are divided into 3 types: health protection foods, foods for special diets and food supplements. Of which, according to the Food Safety Law, the first 2 types are required to register advertising content with the competent authority and can only advertise according to confirmed content.

As for food supplements, management is decentralized to the locality, the production unit self-declare, self-responsible for the content and ensures compliance with regulations according to the Law on Advertising and the Law on Food Safety.

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