Heat-treated Lemna minor and Lemna gibba: 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:

• Not specified

Additional specific labelling requirements

1. The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Lemna minor and Lemna gibba plants’.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

Lemna minor and Lemna gibba plant material cultivated under controlled conditions consisting of heat treated small green leaves with some minor white roots.

Characteristics/composition

Moisture 91-95 g/100 g

Protein (N × 6,25) 1-4 g/100 g

Carbohydrates 1-3 g/100 g

Dietary fibre 0,5-3 g/100 g

Ash 1-2 g/100 g

Fat 0,2-0,6 g/100 g

Oxalates (as calcium oxalate) < 1,6 g/kg

Beta-carotene < 3,160 μg/100 g

Folate < 38 μg/100 g

Phylloquinone < 46 μg/100 g

Copper < 2,5 mg/kg

Iron < 53 mg/kg

Manganese ≤ 6 mg/kg

Molybdenum < 0,5 mg/kg

Zinc < 20 mg/kg

Chromium < 1 mg/kg

Boron < 15 mg/kg

Contaminants

Nitrate < 520 mg/kg

Nitrite < 1,75 mg/kg

Lead < 0,3 mg/kg

Cadmium < 0,2 mg/kg

Mercury < 0,05 mg/kg

Arsenic < 0,05 mg/kg

Microcystins < 23 μg/kg

Nodularins < 7 μg/kg

IAA < 0,1 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria

Total aerobic microbial count: < 5 000 CFU/g

Escherichia coli: < 100 CFU/g

Bacillus cereus: < 100 CFU/g

Coagulase-positive staphylococci: Not detected in 10 g

Listeria monocytogenes: Absence in 25 g

Salmonella spp. Absence in 25 g

Total yeast and mould count: < 100 CFU/g

IAA: indole-3-acetic acid; CFU: colony forming unit.

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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