Chromium Picolinate: 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:

• Foods covered by Regulation (EU) No 609/2013: 250 μg/day
• Foods fortified in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 (4): 250 μg/day

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Chromium Picolinate’

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

Chromium picolinate is a reddish free-flowing powder, slightly soluble in water at pH 7. The salt is also soluble in polar organic solvents.

Chemical name: tris(2pyridinecarboxylato-N,O)chromium(III) or 2-pyridinecarboxylic acid chromium(III) salt

CAS No.: 14639-25-9Chemical formula: Cr(C6H4NO2)3

Chemical characteristics:

Chromium Picolinate: ≥ 95 %

Chromium (III): 12-13 %

Chromium (VI): not detected

Water: ≤ 4,0 %

Notes

(4) Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26).

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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