Zerega Offers Soy Enriched Pasta

In response to the need of food processors and restaurants to offer their customers healthier food products, Zerega Pasta now offers soy-enriched pasta. This pasta, enriched with isolated soy protein, meets the FDA requirements for health claims.

In October, 1999, the FDA granted approval for health-claim labeling of foods that are considered to be low-fat, low cholesterol foods and that provide 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving. The claim reads "diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grains of soy protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease".

Zerega's soy-enriched pasta meets the FDA requirements for the health claim. Pasta has proven to be one of the best vehicles for providing 25% of the daily soy requirement. Isolated soy protein, the purest form of soy protein, can be incorporated into almost any pasta shape with little loss of standard pasta color or taste. Soy enriched pasta is ideal for home or foodservice use, and can also be used in all food processing applications including frozen and retorted foods. Eggs and egg whites can be included in soy-enriched pasta if needed for processing applications.

Zerega Pasta is one of the largest dry pasta manufacturers in the United States and specializes in meeting the pasta needs of the food processing and food service industries.

For more information call Mark Vermylen, VP, at A. Zerega's Sons, Inc.,(201) 797-1400