Partially defatted rapeseed powder from Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L.: 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:

• Cereal bars mixed: 20 g/100 g
• Muesli and similar breakfast cereals: 20 g/100 g
• Extruded breakfast cereal products: 20 g/100 g
• Snacks (excluding potato crisps): 15 g/100 g
• Breads and rolls with added special ingredients (such as seeds, raisins, herbs): 7 g/100 g
• Brown breads bearing statements on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in accordance with the requirements of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014: 7 g/100 g
• Multigrain bread and rolls: 7 g/100 g
• Meat substitutes: 10 g/100 g
• Meat balls: 10 g/100 g

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Partially defatted Rapeseed powder’. Any foodstuff containing ‘Partially defatted Rapeseed powder’ from Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L.’ shall bear a statement that this ingredient may cause allergic reaction to consumers who are allergic to mustard and products thereof. That statement shall appear in close proximity to the list of ingredients.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Definition:

The powder is produced from the partially defatted seeds of non-genetically modified Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L. double low (00) cultivars through a series of processing steps to reduce glucosinolates and phytates.

Source: Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L. seeds

Characteristics/Composition:

Protein (N × 6,25): 28,0 - 43,0 %

Lipids: 10,0 - 22,0 %

Total Carbohydrates (*): 33,0 - 45,0 %

Total Fibre (**): 33,0 - 46,0 %

Moisture: < 11,0 %

Ash: < 8,0 %

Total Glucosinolates: < 0,3 mmol/kg (≤ 120 mg/kg)

Phytate: < 1,5 %

Peroxide value (in novel food weight): ≤ 3,0 mEq O2/kg

Heavy Metals:

Lead: < 0,2 mg/kg

Arsenic (inorganic): < 0,2 mg/kg

Cadmium: < 0,2 mg/kg

Mercury: < 0,1 mg/kg

Aluminium: < 35,0 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

Total plate count (30 °C): < 5 000 CFU/g

Enterobacteriaceae: < 10 CFU/g

Salmonella sp.: Negative/25 g

Yeast and mould: < 100 CFU/g

Bacillus cereus: < 100 CFU/g

(*) By difference: 100 % - [protein % + moisture % + fat % + ash %]

(**) AOAC 2011.25 (Enzymatic gravimetry)

CFU: Colony Forming Units, AOAC: Association of Official Agricultural Chemists

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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