Novel Food Status Catalogue Updates

Chondroitin sulfate from Tremella fuciformis (snow fungus)

    • Chondroitin sulfate from Tremella fuciformis: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status outcome of Chondroitin sulfate from Tremella fuciformis.

Benfotiamine

    • Whole: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status outcome of Benfotiamine.

D-Xylose

    • Whole: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry.

Mixture of plant extracts and purified bioactive substances

    • Mixture of plant extracts and purified bioactive substances containing: Apigenin (≥ 98%) isolated from the aerial parts of Matricaria chamomilla L.; Quercetin (≥ 98%) isolated from the leaves/flowers of Sophora japonica L.; Pterostilbene (≥ 99%) isolated from the wood of Pterocarpus santalinus L.; Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract (standardized to 80 % gypenosides); Centella asiatica (Gotu kola) extract (standardised to 40 % triterpenes); Cycloastragenol (≥ 98%) isolated from the root of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge.; and Fisetin (≥ 98%) isolated from the bark of Cotinus coggygria Scop.

    • Whole: Unauthorised Novel Food. A pre-market authorisation is required before it can be put on the EU market.

    • Update: New entry. Addition of the novel food status outcome of the Mixture of plant extracts and purified bioactive substances.

Torulaspora delbrueckii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Streptomyces griseus

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Streptococcus uberis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Streptococcus rattus

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Streptococcus oralis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Staphylococcus warneri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Rhizopus arrhizus

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Propionibacterium acidipropionici

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Pichia membranifaciens

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Pichia kluyverii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Pichia fermentans

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Oenococcus oeni

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Limosilactobacillus reuteri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Limosilactobacillus fermentum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Ligilactobacillus salivarius

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Leuconostoc citreum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus salivarius

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus reuteri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus lindneri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus johnsonii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus gasseri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Lactobacillus fermentum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Lachancea thermotolerans (syn. Kluyveromyces thermotolerans)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Kregervanrija fluxuum (syn. Pichia fluxuum)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Kocuria varians (syn. Micrococcus varians)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Kluyveromyces marxianus (syn. Candida kefyr)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Kluyveromyces lactis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Kefir grains

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Hafnia alvei

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Fructilactobacillus lindneri (syn. Lactobacillus lindneri, Lactobacillus brevis var. Lindneri)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (DSM 6601)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Enterococcus faecalis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Debaryomyces hansenii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Cyberlindnera jadinii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Corynebacterium flavescens

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Carnobacterium piscicola

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Carnobacterium maltaromaticum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Carnobacterium divergens

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Candida utilis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Candida milleri

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Brevibacterium casei

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Bifidobacterium thermophilum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Bifidobacterium pseudolongum

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Bacillus subtilis subsp. natto

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Bacillus clausii

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food Supplements. Any other food uses may be considered as novel.

    • Update: New entry.

Aspergillus oryzae

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Arthrobacter globiformis

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Acetobacter aceti

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Caulerpa lentillifera J.Agardh 1837 (Green caviar, Sea grapes)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Arginine alpha-ketoglutarate (AAKG)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Crithmum maritimum L. (Sea fennel, Rock samphire)

    • Whole: Not Novel in Food.

    • Update: New entry.

Chondroitin sulfate from Tremella fuciformis

    • Considered as Novel Food.

    • Member State Assessment: Czech Republic

    • Reference: Chondroitin sulfate from Tremella fuciformis consultation

Crithmum maritimum L. (leaves, stems and tender shoots)

Crithmum maritimum L. (fruit)

Mixture of plant extracts and purified bioactive substances

    • Considered as Novel Food.

    • Member State Assessment: Czech Republic

    • Reference: Mixture of plants extracts and purified bioactive substances consultation

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