Novel Food Europe Updates: Summary from June 2025

Happy Friday! 
 
With June gone and Summer started 🔆,  it’s time again to share the major updates that occurred for Novel Foods across Europe.
 
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Novel Food Status Catalogue Updates

Below are the updates related to the new entries for the Novel Food Status Catalogue. These updates refer to the month of June 2025 and have impact on Food Supplements.

 

Creatine Malate

    • Substance: Unauthorised Novel Food 

    • Update: New entry. 

 

Creatine Alpha-ketoglutarate

    • Substance: Unauthorised Novel Food 

    • Update: New entry. 

 

Heyndrickxia coagulans (syn. Bacillus coagulans)
    • Whole:Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as Novel.
    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status consultation outcome of Bacillus coagulans / Heyndrickxia coagulans.
 
 

Vangueria agrestis (Schweinf. ex Hiern) Lantz (syn. Fadogia agrestis Schweinf. ex Hiern)

    • 10:1 extract from root, stem and aerial parts: Unauthorised Novel Food 
    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status consultation outcome of Vangueria agrestis.

 

Geotrichum candidum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food (includes Food Supplements).
    • Update: Addition of precisions.
 

 

 

Novel Food Consultations Updates

Below are the updates related to the new entries or new outcomes for Novel Food Consultations. These updates refer to the month of June 2025 and have impact on Food Supplements.

 

Bacillus coagulans / Heyndrickxia coagulans

    • Considered as Novel Food.
    • Member State Assessment: Sweden
    • Reference: Bacillus coagulans Consultation

 

Horse Mint (Mentha longifoliae) herba

    • Considered as Novel Food (includes Food Supplements).

    • Member State Assessment: Hungary

    • Reference: Horse Mint Consultation
 

Vangueria agrestis

    • Considered as Novel Food (includes Food Supplements).
    • Member State Assessment: Czech Republic
    • Reference: Vangueria agrestis Consultation
 

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): whole grain protein concentrate

    • Considered as Not Novel in Food (includes Food Supplements).

    • Member State Assessment: Latvia

    • Reference: Triticum aestivum Consultation
 
 
 

In August, expect again an insightful summary of the latest Novel Foods updates. We will keep you briefed as new information becomes available.

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