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Is there a list of herbal ingredients that can be used in food?

Updated by SFA
Herbal or botanical ingredients, when added to food products, should not confer any medicinal and/or therapeutic properties to the food. This is because food is generally consumed ad libitum and for nutritional purposes, as opposed to medicines and pharmaceuticals, which are consumed to treat or alleviate a condition of the body. You may refer use the Chinese medicinal materials (CMM) Search Tool in the SFA website for the list of CMM commonly used in food.

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