Apple fruit cell culture biomass: authorised novel food in the EU
Apple fruit cell culture biomass is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use and maximum levels: Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC for the adult population: 0,15 mg/day
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Apple fruit cell culture biomass
- Text version
- Consolidated text of 10 August 2026
- Version
- Consolidated text of 10 August 2026
- Official source
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Union list of novel foods
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: 0,15 mg/day
Additional specific labelling requirements
1. The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘apple fruit cell culture biomass’. 2. The labelling of food supplements containing the novel food shall bear a statement that they should only be consumed by persons above 18 years of age.
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
The novel food is a biomass of cultivated and homogenised cells of the Swiss apple variety Uttwiler Spätlauber (Malus domestica Borkh.).
The production process consists of collecting under sterile conditions specific sections of the apple, which are then placed on solid medium with the aim to induce the formation of a primary callus tissue comprised of dedifferentiated cells under sterile conditions. The callus cells are then cultivated in liquid medium and subsequently homogenised, heat treated and dried.
Characteristics/composition:
Moisture: 10,9-15,5 g/100 g
Ash: 11,8-20,8 g/100 g
Proteins: 14,3-20,0 g/100 g
Fats: 0,6-2,5 g/100 g
Non-digestible carbohydrates: 17,1-25,2 g/100 g
Other carbohydrates (calculated (29)): 21,9-38,9 g/100 g
Total sugars: 17,1-32,6 g/100g
Fructose: 10,8-20,2 g/100 g
Glucose: 3,8-7,0 g/100 g
Total phenols: 0,15-0,29 g/100 g
Malic acid: 0,41-1,19 g/100 g
Succinic acid: 0,14-0,26 g/100 g
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.
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