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Consultation process on novel food status

Name and description of the food concerned

Date of publication

Statement on the food concerned

Reasons justifying the statement

Where the food is novel, the most appropriate food category under which it falls in accordance with Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

A plant protein concentrate that is fermented with the mycelium of shiitake (Lentinus edades). 25 February 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Agaricus blazei dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. - flowers 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Alcohol extract of kudzu (Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi) root. 30 June 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
5-Aminolevulinic acid phosphate (5-ALA phosphate) 13 November 2023 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Apricot kernel drink and Fermented apricot kernel cream 22 March 2021 Not Novel View document  
Aqueous extract from fig leaves (Ficus carica L.) 20 May 2020 Novel when used as or in foods.
Not novel only in food supplements.
View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Aqueous extract of olive fruit (Olea europaea L.) containing at least 10% hydroxytyrosol 14 April 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Bactris gasipaes stem and fruit 24 May 2023 Not novel View document Not applicable
Biomass of Paecilomyces variotii 2 September 2022 Novel Food View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii))

Bone powder produced from the bones of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

25 April 2023 Not Novel View document  
Bovine colostrum immunoglobulin concentrate 23 November 2021 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Brewer's spent grain fiber (BSG-F) and brewer's spent grain protein (BSG-P) 13 February 2023 Not Novel View document Not applicable
By-product of plant origin obtained from the extraction of lycopene from tomato 16 July 2023 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv) or Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Cacao pulp juice 31 July 2018 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Cannabidiol (CBD) isolate (purity is 98,56 %) dissolved in hemp oil 27 September 2022 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Capsicum chinense 31 January 2024 Not novel food View document  
Casein hydrolysate containing elevated levels of the tri-peptides; L-valyl-L-prolyl-L-proline (VPP) and L-isoleucyl-L-prolyl-L-proline (IPP) 10 December 2018 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(v)
CBD extract 31 January 2024 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
CBD isolate and CBD extract 31 January 2024 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
CBD extract obtained by CO2 extraction 31 January 2024 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
CBD isolate (purity > 98%) 9 December 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. - fruit 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Cereal protein concentrate 28 November 2023 Not novel View document N/A
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii dried biomass powder 25 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Chlorella sp. 7 March 2022 Not novel View document  
Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. - plant 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Coix lacryma-jobi L. – seeds 8 August 2019 Not novel in food supplements. View document  
Cold pressed Nigella sativa seed oil 10 December 2018 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Composed product derived from sea salt 26 January 2024 Not Novel. View document n/a
Concentrated fish oil high in long chain monounsaturated fatty acids extracted from mackerel and/or herring. 17 August 2023 Not novel View document  
Coprinus comatus dehydrated mycelium powder 24 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Creatine malateand Creatine alpha-ketoglutarate 17 February 2022 Novel in food View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Creatine monohydrate 17 July 2023 Not Novel food View document  
Curcumin, extract complex from the root of Curcuma longa L. 29 October 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Currants fermented with Wolfiporia Cocos 9 November 2021 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii) and (vii)
Deodorised cocoa butter 5 April 2022 Not Novel Food View document -
Desugared Fermented Orange Juice 18 April 2023 Not Novel Food View document Not applicable
DHA and EPA ethyl esters oil from Schizochytrium sp. microalga 15 December 2022 Novel Food View document Category (ii) or Category (vi)
Dicholine L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate (DCMTHF) 9 June 2023 Novel Food View document 3(2)(a)(i)
Dipteryx alata seeds ('baru nuts') 21 August 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Dried yeast fermentate produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae 27 January 2022 Not novel View document  
Encapsulated Quercetin-zein 11 November 2021 Novel in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Evodia lepta Merr. - leaves 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Extract of Epimedium brevicornum Maxim leaves 25 July 2018 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Extract of LMZ (Lutein, Meso-zeaxanthin, Zeaxanthin) 15 % in oil suspension 15-09-2022 Not novel in food supplements. View document Not applicable
Fermented wheat germ extract 8 April 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Flour from buckwheat seedlings with a high spermidine content 3 June 2022 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Fruits of the plant species Zanthoxylum piperitum 4 July 2023 Not Novel food. View document Not applicable
Ganoderma lucidum dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Germinated hemp seed produced by malting 8 April 2021 Not novel View document  
Grifola frondosa dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Hard tissue mass from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) or from Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) 6 December 2023 Not novel. View document Not applicable
Hard tissue mass from broiler chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) 6 December 2023 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(v)
Hericium erinaceus dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Herring (Clupea harengus L.) roe oil 3 November 2021 Not Novel View document  
High purity pea (Pisum sativum) protein concentrate 12 March 2024 Not novel View document  
Hydroalcoholic extract of porphyra yezoensis (Ueda) stabilized in glycerin 22 March 2021 Novel when used as or in foods and food supplements. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Hydrolysed bovine cartilage product 13 January 2023 Not novel food in food supplements. View document Category 3(2)(a)(v)
Ilex asprella (Hook.& Arn.) Champ. ex Benth. – root 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
IBalance – killed heat treated microorganisms 28 March 2022 Novel Food View document Category 3(2)(a)(vi)
Iron-enriched yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) 31 January 2024 Novel Food View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Kala Namak 29 April 2021 Not novel View document N/A
Lentil protein 17 October 2023 Not novel View document N/A
Lentinula edodes dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
L-fucose 15 July 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(i) or 3(2)(a)(ii)
Liposomal vitamin C 20 October 2020 Not Novel View document  
Lupin sprouts (powdered) enriched with iron 24 May 2022 Novel food. View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Maqui berries (fruit of the Aristotelia chilensis plant)' 10 July 2018 Novel when used as or in foods.
Not novel only in food supplements.
View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Micronized and microencapsulated ferric diphosphate 31 January 2022 Not Novel. View document  
Mineral enriched fungal biomass (Aspergillus oryzae) 5 February 2019 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Rhizopus oligosporus mycelium (in dried or fresh form and in powder)

7 June 2022

19 June 2022

Not novel.

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n/a
Mumijo (synonyms: shilajit, asphaltum panjabinum) 21 August 2020 Novel when used as or in foods.
Not novel only in food supplements.
View document Category 3(2)(a)(iii) or (iv)
Mung bean (Vigna radiata) protein isolate 21 February 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Nicotinamide mononucleotide (purity is 95 – 99 %) 11 October 2022 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(i)
Non-concentrated aqueous infusion of Stevia rebaudiana leaves 3 July 2023 Not Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Nut/kernel found within the fruit of the pili nut tree (Canarium ovatum). 27 September 2018 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Oil obtained from Tuber (roots) of Cyperus esculentus from hydroponic culture 3 November 2020 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Olio di lentisco (oil obtained from Pistacia lentiscus berries) 28 November 2019 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Olive Polyphenols 7 November 2022 Novel food View document Art 3 (2)(a)(iv)
Palmitoleic acid ethyl ester, concentrates from Alaska pollock fish oil (Gadus chalcogrammus) 11 November 2021 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(v)
Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims. 15 November 2018 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Pea (Pisum sativum) Protein Hydrolysate and Soy (Glycine max) Protein Hydrolysate 11 June 2020 Not novel when used as or in foods View document  
Pelargonium sidoides DC., powdered root 18 March 2022 Novel Food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Peptide extract from hydrolysed parts of pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) 6 April 2022 Novel Food View document Category 3(2)(a)(v)
Peptide extract from olive pit (Olea europaea L.) 22 April 2021 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Phellodendron chinensis C.K.Schneid. - bark 8 August 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Pine cone (Pinus sylvestris) syrup 18 June 2019 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Plant-based product 16 January 2023 Novel foods View document Category 2(a)(ii)
Pleurotus eryngii dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Pleurotus ostreatus dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Polyporus umbellatus dehydrated mycelium powder 29 October 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Preserved pine cones (Pinus sylvestris) 25 May 2020 Not novel in food supplements. View document  
Biomass of Propionibacterium freudenreichii 15 December 2021 Not novel View document  
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) seed oil 11 October 2021 Novel when used as or in foods and food supplements. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Product made from the seed coats of chickpeas (testa of Cicer arietinum seeds) and maize dextrin 11 November 2021 Not Novel View document  
Protein isolate from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus) 5 July 2023 Novel food View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Quercetin (95 %) derived from the pods and seeds of Dimorphandra mollis 9 November 2021 Novel when used as or in foods View document Category 3(2)(a)(ii)
Rhamnogalacturonan-rich pectin hydrolysate 21 January 2019 Novel when used as or in foods View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Rice protein 17 February 2022 Not novel View document  
Roasted silver skin of coffee beans (testa of coffea sp.) 30 June 2022 Novel when used as or in foods View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
'Selenium enriched mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)' and 'Vitamin B12 enriched mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)' 23 December 2022 Not Novel View document  
(young) shoots of wheat (Triticum aestivum) (wheatgrass) 26 September 2023 Not novel. View document  
(young) shoots of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) 26 September 2023 Not novel. View document  
(young) shoots of rye (Secale cereale) (ryegrass) 26 September 2023 Novel. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
(young) shoots of oat (Avena sativa) (oatgrass) 26 September 2023 Novel. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Sodium hyaluronate produced by fermentation process 24 February 2023 Not novel in food supplements View document Not applicable
Spent coffee grounds, defatted spent coffee grounds and defatted unused coffee grounds (from Coffea sp., mainly Coffea arabica L. and Coffea canephora (Robusta)) 22 March 2021 Not Novel View document  
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed oil (creamy) 12 September 2023 Novel food. View document Category 3(2)(a)(vii)
Tomato oleoresin extract of dry yellow tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) - Lumenato 10% 13 November 2019 Novel when used as or in foods. View document Category 3(2)(a)(iv)
Torula yeast (Cyberlindnera jadinii) 21 January 2022 Not Novel View document  
Tuber (roots) of Cyperus esculentus from hydroponic culture 3 November 2020 Not novel when used as or in foods. View document  
Very long chain fatty acid fish oil (VLCPUFA 5 fish oil) 2 October 2023 Not novel. View document  
Whey treated with UV radiation 5 April 2022 Not Novel Food View document