In South Korea, Gangwon Agricultural Research and Extension Services seeks to register asparagus root extract as food ingredient

(Chuncheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji-woong Yang = Gangwon-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced on the 8th that it will apply for a temporary registration of food raw materials to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety after confirming the safety of asparagus root extract. Until now, only the shoots of asparagus can be used as food ingredients, and the rest of the asparagus is thrown away. If even the roots can be used as raw materials, it is expected that it will greatly help increase the income of farmers. Against this backdrop, the Agricultural Research and Extension Services conducted an extract stability test on rodents from last year, and no side effects were found. Based on the results, it plans to obtain permission for use as food ingredients such as liquid tea and candy from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Nam-yong Eom, head of the Agricultural Food Research Institute, said, "We will do our best to register asparagus root extract as a food ...