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Union list of novel foods

About the Union list

The Implementing Regulation establishing the list of novel foods compiles all the authorised novel foods in the European Union to date. It includes their conditions of use, labelling requirements, and their specifications. All authorisations are generic and the Union list serves as a reference for economic operators who wish to place in the market an authorised novel food unless data protection is requested by the applicant. The Union list is updated by the Commission to add newly authorised novel foods.

Under the old Regulation (EC) No 258/97 on novel foods, 228 applications have been submitted to the EU countries pursuant to Article 4 and more than 400 notifications pursuant to Article 5 of that Regulation. As a result of this legal commitment, the initial Union list contains 125 entries.

Updates to the Union list of novel foods

Updates - 2023

  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/4 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of vitamin D2 mushroom powder as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/5 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/6 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of pea and rice protein fermented by Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) mycelia as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/7 of 3 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of Lacto-N-tetraose produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/52 of 4 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of 3-Fucosyllactose produced by a derivative strain of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/58 of 5 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of the frozen, paste, dried and powder forms of Alphitobius diaperinus larvae (lesser mealworm) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance).
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/113 of 16 January 2023 authorising the placing on the market of 3′-Sialyllactose sodium salt produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/267 of 8 February 2023 authorising the placing on the market of dried nuts of Canarium ovatum Engl. as a traditional food from a third country and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/463 of 3 March 2023 authorising the placing on the market of bovine milk osteopontin as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/652 of 20 March 2023 authorising the placing on the market of roasted and popped kernels from the seeds of Euryale ferox Salisb. (makhana) as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/667 of 22 March 2023 authorising the placing on the market of Canarium indicum L. dried nuts as a traditional food from a third country and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/859 of 25 April 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food 2'-Fucosyllactose (microbial source) to authorise its production by a derivative strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032.
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/931 of 8 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the traditional food from a third country infusion from coffee leaves of Coffea arabica L. and/or Coffea canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/938 of 10 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food Yarrowia lipolytica yeast biomass
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/943 of 11 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of cellobiose as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/948 of 12 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of 6′-Sialyllactose sodium salt produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/949 of 12 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of iron milk caseinate as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/950 of 12 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food 2'-Fucosyllactose
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/951 of 12 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food protein extract from pig kidneys
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/961 of 12 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food Lacto-N-neotetraose
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/972 of 10 May 2023 authorising the placing on the market of aqueous ethanolic extract of Labisia pumila as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1581 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food 'astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from Haematococcus pluvialis algae' (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1582 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food 3′-Sialyllactose sodium salt produced by derivative strains of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1583 of 1 August 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food Lacto-N-neotetraose (microbial source) (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2210 of 20 October 2023 authorising the placing on the market of 3-Fucosyllactose produced by a derivative strain of Escherichia coli K-12 DH1 as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2214 of 23 October 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use and the specifications of the novel foods partially defatted chia seed (Salvia hispanica) powders (Text with EEA relevance)
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2215 of 23 October 2023 authorising the placing on the market of 6′-Sialyllactose sodium salt produced by derivative strain of Escherichia coli W (ATCC 9637) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2847 of 20 December 2023 authorising the placing on the market of apple fruit cell culture biomass as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2851 of 20 December 2023 authorising the placing on the market of partially hydrolysed protein from spent barley (Hordeum vulgare) and rice (Oryza sativa) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2852 of 20 December 2023 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1581 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from Haematococcus pluvialis algae