In Europe, resveratrol has had to prove its safety and efficacy to be approved in the various European markets since its widespread commercial introduction in the 1990’s. Therefore, the status resveratrol enjoys will vary depending specifically on what region or country is being discussed.

The Danish supplier, Fluxome, is a good example. Fluxome has established a self-affirmed reputation for their genetically modified yeast-derived version of resveratrol as being a safe product and so it has achieved this status in the United States. But the company may have to wait years for novel foods to give them approval in the European Union. Read the rest of this entry »