Annex SPECIFICATION OF FERMENTED SOYBEAN EXTRACT

Description: Fermented soybean extract is an odourless milk-white coloured powder. It is comprised of 30 % fermented soybean extract powder and 70 % resistant dextrin (as carrier) from corn-starch, which is added during the processing. Vitamin K₂ is removed during the manufacturing process.

Fermented soybean extract contains nattokinase isolated from natto, a foodstuff produced by the fermentation of non-genetically modified soybeans (Glycine max (L.)) with a selected strain of Bacillus subtilis var. natto.