Dried Tetraselmis chuii microalgae: 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:

• Sauces: 20 % or 250mg/day
• Special salts: 1 %
• Condiment: 250 mg/day
• Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC: 250 mg/day

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Dried microalgae Tetraselmis chuii’ or ‘Dried microalgae T. chuii’ Food supplements containing dried microalgae Tetraselmis chuii shall bear the following statement: ‘Contains negligible amounts of iodine’

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

The dried product is obtained from the marine microalgae Tetraselmis chuii, belonging to the Chlorodendraceae family, cultivated in sterile sea water in closed photobioreactors insulated from the outside air.Purity/Composition:

Identified by means of nuclear marker rDNA 18 S (sequence analysed no less than 1 600 base pairs) in the National Centre for Biotechnology information (NCBI) database: Not less than 99,9 %

Humidity: ≤ 7,0 %

Proteins: 35-40 %

Ashes: 14-16 %

Carbohydrates: 30-32 %

Fibre: 2-3 %

Fat: 5-8 %

Saturated fatty acids: 29-31 % of total fatty acids

Monounsaturated fatty acids: 21-24 % of total fatty acids

Polyunsaturated fatty acids: 44-49 % of total fatty acids

Iodine: ≤ 15 mg/kg

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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