Regarding the testing of Kera vegetable candy of Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company, on the afternoon of March 20, at a regular press conference on the socio-economic situation in Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lam Phuong, Head of the Department of Food poisoning Monitoring and Information and Communications, Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the unit had just received test results from the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene Testing.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety is in the process of handling this issue. After having the results, the unit will report to the Department of Food Safety and inform the press.
Previously, the Department established an inspection team and conducted a surprise inspection of Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company. During the inspection, the team took a sample of SUPERGREens GUMMIES food supplement and submitted it to the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene testing.
In response to information about over-advertising of SUPERGREens GUMMIES (Kera vegetable cake) on social platforms, on March 6, 2025, the Food Safety Department issued Official Letter No. 396/ATTP-PCTTR to the Department of Food Safety of Ho Chi Minh City, requesting an urgent inspection of the business activities of this product of Chiem Lot Group Joint Stock Company in Ho Chi Minh City.
At the same time, the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene testing (Ministry of Health) has also announced the initial test results of Kera vegetable candy of Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company.
Accordingly, the basic indicators of protein, sugar, fat, and total energy are all consistent with the self-declared version of the product.
However, the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) requested the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene testing to conduct additional tests of some other substances and safety indicators.
According to the report of the National Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene testing, the indicators of protein, sugar, fat and total energy content are all consistent with the product's announcement, and the safety indicators for microorganisms, fungi, heavy metals... have not detected any violations or are within the permitted limits.
However, the Institute also discovered that the product contained Sorbitol, a sweetener, with a content of 33.4g/100g, but was not listed on the product label as prescribed.
The Food Safety Department has sent an official dispatch requesting the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety and the Dak Lak Department of Health to handle violations in accordance with legal regulations.
