Magnolia Bark Extract: authorised novel food in the EU
Magnolia Bark Extract is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use and maximum levels by food category: 2 entries, quoted below.
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Magnolia Bark Extract
- 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:
- Mints (confectionary products): 0,2 % for breath freshening purposes. Based on a 0,2 % maximum incorporation level and a maximum gum/mint size of 1,5 g each, each gum or mint serving will contain no more than 3 mg of magnolia bark extract.
- Chewing gum: 0,2 % for breath freshening purposes. Based on a 0,2 % maximum incorporation level and a maximum gum/mint size of 1,5 g each, each gum or mint serving will contain no more than 3 mg of magnolia bark extract.
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Magnolia Bark Extract’
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
Magnolia bark extract is obtained from the bark of the plant Magnolia officinalis L. and produced with supercritical carbon dioxide. The bark is washed and oven dried to reduce moisture content before being crushed and extracted with supercritical carbon dioxide. The extract is dissolved in medical-grade ethanol and re-crystallised to yield magnolia bark extract.
Magnolia bark extract is mainly composed of two phenolic compounds, magnolol and honokiol.
Appearance: Light brownish powder
Purity:
Magnolol: ≥ 85,2 %
Honokiol: ≥ 0,5 %
Magnolol & Honokiol: ≥ 94 %
Total Eudesmol: ≤ 2 %
Moisture: 0,50 %Heavy metals:
Arsenic (ppm): ≤ 0,5
Lead (ppm): ≤ 0,5
Methyl eugenol (ppm): ≤ 10
Tubocurarine (ppm): ≤ 2,0
Total Alkaloid (ppm): ≤ 100
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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