Juice of the stems of the Angelica keiskei plant (‘Ashitaba stem juice’): 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:

• Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC for the adult population, excluding pregnant and lactating women: 137 mg/day

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Ashitaba (Angelica keiskei) stem juice’. The labelling of food supplements containing the juice of the stems of the Angelica keiskei plant (Ashitaba stem juice) shall bear a statement that they should be consumed by adults only, excluding pregnant and lactating women.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description:

The novel food is a viscous yellow liquid obtained via physical means of the stems of mature Angelica keiskei (‘Ashitaba’) plants. Angelica keiskei is native to Japan and is called Ashitaba in Japanese, hence the reference to Ashitaba stem juice.

The juice is then pasteurised, mixed with cyclodextrins at an approximate ratio of 30 % of Ashitaba stem juice to 70 % cyclodextrins, and the mixture is then sterilised, freeze-dried, and sieved.

Source: Angelica keiskei (family Apiaceae)

Characteristics/Composition of the juice:

Chalcones (xanthoangelol +4-hydroxyderricin) (% w/v): 1,0-2,25

Carbohydrates (%): 5,0-7,5

Water (%): 90,0-95,0

Fat (% w/v): 0,1-0,3

Protein (% w/v): 0,15-0,45

Sum of angular-type dihydropyranocoumarins: ≤ 10 mg/kg

Sum of furanocoumarins: ≤ 100 mg/kg

Heavy metals:

Lead: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Arsenic: ≤ 0,3 mg/kg

Mercury: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Cadmium: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

Total viable aerobic count: ≤ 1 000 CFU/g

Total yeast/moulds count: ≤ 100 CFU/g

Escherichia coli: Absence in 10 g

Coliforms: ≤ 30 CFU/g

Salmonella spp.: Absence in 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.

• Consolidated text on EUR-Lex

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