PhytoTrade Africa indgav den 9. august 2006 en anmodning til de kompetente myndigheder i Det Forenede Kongerige om tilladelse til at markedsføre tørret pulp af abebrødfrugt som en ny levnedsmiddelingrediens.
On 9 August 2006 the company PhytoTrade Africa made a request to the competent authorities of the United Kingdom to place Baobab dried fruit pulp on the market as a novel food ingredient.