Defatted rapeseed powder: 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:

• Bakery products (bread and rolls, fine bakery wares): 20 g/100g
• Bread bearing statements on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in accordance with the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014: 20 g/100g
• Breakfast cereals: 20 g/100g
• Cereal bars: 20 g/100g
• Pasta: 10 g/100g
• Pasta products bearing statements on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in accordance with the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014: 10 g/100g
• Non-alcoholic powdered drinks: 5 g/100 ml (reconstituted according to the instructions)
• Fruit-based liquid foodstuffs (of the ‘smoothie’ variety): 3 g/100 g
• Dairy analogues: 5 g/100 g
• Meat analogues: 15 g/100 g
• Soups (dry mixture) and (ready-to-eat): 5 g/100 ml (marketed as such or reconstituted according to the instructions)
• Savoury sauces: 5 g/100 g
• Salad dressing: 5 g/100 g
• Vegetable puree: 7 g/100 g
• Nut spreads: 7 g/100 g
• Chocolate confectionary: 7 g/100 g
• Chips, crisps, fries and dough-based analogues: 15 g/100 g
• Snacks other than chips: 20 g/100 g
• Meat products: 15 g/100 g
• Foods for special medical purposes as defined under Regulation (EU) No 609/2013, excluding foods for infants and young children, and children under 10 years of age.: In accordance with the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom the products are intended but, in any case, not higher than 30 g/day in the final product ready for use, marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer
• Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC, for the general population, excluding infants and young children, and children under 10 years of age.: 10 g/day for the general population above 10 years of age

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘defatted rapeseed powder’. The labelling of food supplements containing defatted rapeseed powder shall bear a statement (a) that they should not be used if other foods containing added defatted rapeseed powder are consumed the same day; and (b) they should not be consumed by infants and children under 10 years of age. Any foodstuff containing ‘defatted rapeseed powder’ from Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L.” shall bear a statement that this ingredient may cause allergic reaction to consumers who are allergic to mustard and products thereof. That statement shall appear in close proximity to the list of ingredients.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description:

The novel food is a white to off-white dried powder remaining after aqueous and organic solvent extraction (ethanol and ethyl acetate) of hulled and dehulled cold-pressed rapeseed cake originating from non-genetically modified double low (00) cultivars of Brassica napus L. and Brassica rapa L.

Characteristics/Composition:

Crude protein (% w/w): 28-45

Fat (% w/w): ≤ 2

Ash (% w/w): ≤ 5

Moisture (% w/w): ≤ 7

Total dietary fibre (36) (% w/w): 37-70

Total glucosinolates (mmol/kg (mg/kg)): ≤ 0,1 (≤ 40)

Phytates (% w/w): ≤ 2

Heavy and other metals:

Lead (mg/kg): ≤ 0,2

Arsenic (total) (mg/kg): ≤ 0,1

Cadmium (mg/kg): ≤ 0,1

Mercury (mg/kg): ≤ 0,02

Aluminium (mg/kg): ≤ 35

Residual solvents:

Residual ethanol (mg/kg): < 200

Residual ethyl acetate (mg/kg): < 200

Microbiological criteria:

Total plate count: ≤ 10 000 CFU (37)/g

Enterobacteriaceae: ≤ 10 CFU/g

E.coli: Absent in 10 g

Salmonella spp.: Absence in 25 g

Yeast and moulds: ≤ 100 CFU/g

Total coliform count: ≤ 10 CFU/g

B. cereus: ≤ 100 CFU/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.

• Consolidated text on EUR-Lex

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