Herbridge,28 April 2011_Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients Corp.(Layn) announced that the U.S.Food and Drug Administration issued a no objection letter that its Luo Han Guo fruit extracts (containing 25, 45 or 55 percent mogroside V) were generally recognized as safe for use in foods, excluding meat and poultry products.

Layn's Luo Han Guo fruit extracts (SGFE) were gained self-affirmed GRAS status by a panel of experts with the help of Cantox Health Sciences International in 2010. The GRAS panel eva luated published and unpublished information on SGFE, including method of manufacture, specifications, batch analyses, estimated dietary exposure and safety studies. Based on this review, Layn's GRAS panel concluded that SGFE containing up to 55 percent mogroside V and meeting its established food-grade specifications is GRAS under the conditions of its intended use.

Layn claims that SGFE containing 25 percent mogroside V is the least refined form, and that the two preparations containing 45 and 55 percent mogroside V are achieved respectively through further processing of SGFE containing 25 percent mogroside V. Layn states that the three SGFE preparations are manufactured using current good manufacturing practices and all materials used in the manufacturing process are of food-grade quality.

Layn decribes the three SGFE preparations as white, water soluble powders containing 25%, 45% or 55% mogroside V. Mogroside V, a cucurbitane glycoside that occurs naturally in Luo Han Guo, is the primary component of SGFE and is responsible for imparting the characteristic sweet taste to SGFE. Based on sensory analysis testing, the three SGFE preparations with mogroside V content of 25%, 45%, or 55% have respective sweetness intensities of 160, 210 and 250 times that of sucrose.

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