Dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora: authorised novel food in the EU
Dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora 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 adult population: 9,4 mg/day
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora
- 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 adult population: 9,4 mg/day
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora’
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
It is the whole dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora N.E.Br., (family Apocynaceae)
Characteristics/Composition
Plant material: Aerial parts of at least 3-year-old plants
Appearance: Light green to tan fine powder
Solubility (water): > 25 mg/mL
Moisture: < 5,5 %
Aw: < 0,3
pH: < 5,0
Protein: < 4,5 g/100 g
Fat: < 3 g/100 g
Carbohydrate (including dietary fibre): < 80 g/100 g
Dietary fibre: < 55 g/100 g
Total sugars: < 10,5 g/100 g
Ash: < 20 %
Hoodigosides
P57: 5-50 mg/kg
L: 1 000 -6 000 mg/kg
O: 500-5 000 mg/kg
Total: 1 500 -11 000 mg/kg
Heavy metals:
Arsenic: < 1,00 mg/kg
Mercury: < 0,1 mg/kg
Cadmium: < 0,1 mg/kg
Lead: < 0,5 mg/kg
Microbiological criteria:
Aerobic plate count: < 105 CFU/g
Escherichia coli: < 10 CFU/g
Staphylococcus aureus: < 50 CFU/g
Total coliforms: < 10 CFU/g
Yeast: ≤ 100 CFU/g
Mould: ≤ 100 CFU/g
Salmonella species: Negative/25 g
Listeria monocytogenes: Negative/25 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.
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