Argentina: Aloe Vera was officially recognized as an ingredient for food and beverages

Beyond the long history that Aloe Vera has among us, it has never been officially recognized as a possible ingredient for the preparation of food and beverages. This lack has just been corrected with the incorporation of the juice of that plant into the Argentine Food Code (CAA). The recognition of Aloe Vera juice was produced through a resolution shared by the Ministry of Agriculture and its counterpart for Health, which administer the CAA. What was done was to incorporate Article 827 bis, which defines that "the name of Aloe Vera means the leaf / stem of the species of Aloe Barbadensis Miller and Aloe arborescens". In this sense, the resolution explains that "aloe is native to tropical Africa and is currently cultivated in warm climatic zones of Asia, Europe and America." But he immediately clarifies that "there are more than 250 species of aloe cultivated throughout the world, however, only two species are cultivated commercially." They are those that were authorized as input ...