1-Methylnicotinamide chloride: authorised novel food in the EU

Conditions of use and maximum levels

Table 1, column "Conditions under which the novel food may be used", as written:

• Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC for the adult population excluding pregnant and lactating women: 58 mg/day

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘1- Methylnicotinamide chloride’. Food supplements containing 1-Methylnicotinamide shall bear the following statement: This food supplement should be consumed by adults only excluding pregnant and lactating women

Specification (Table 2)

Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:

Definition:

Chemical name: 3-carbamoyl-1-methyl-pyridinium chloride

Chemical formula: C7H9N2OCl

CAS No: 1005-24-9

Molecular weight: 172,61 Da

Description

1-Methylnicotinamide chloride is white or off-white, crystalline solid produced by a chemical synthesis process.

Characteristics/Composition

Appearance: White - off-white, crystalline solid

Purity: ≥ 98,5 %

Trigonelline: ≤ 0,05 %

Nicotinic Acid: ≤ 0,10 %

Nicotinamide: ≤ 0,10 %

Largest unknown impurity: ≤ 0,05 %

Sum of unknown impurities: ≤ 0,20 %

Sum of all impurities: ≤ 0,50 %

Solubility: soluble in water and methanol. Practically insoluble in 2-propanol and dichloromethane

Moisture: ≤ 0,3 %

Loss on drying: ≤ 1,0 %

Residue on ignition: ≤ 0,1 %

Residual Solvents and Heavy Metals

Methanol: ≤ 0,3 %

Heavy metals: ≤ 0,002 %

Microbiological criteria:

Total aerobic microbial count: ≤ 100 CFU/g

Mould/yeast: ≤ 10 CFU/g

Enterobacteriaceae: absence in 1 g

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: absence in 1 g

Staphylococcus aureus: absent in 1 g

CFU: Colony Forming Units

Source and version

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Union list of novel foods, Table 1. Consolidated text of 10 August 2026. The text above is copied from that document without change except that amendment markers are removed. It is not advice and it does not decide whether a particular product is covered.

• Consolidated text on EUR-Lex

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