Pea and rice protein fermented by Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) mycelia: 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:

• Bakery wares, breads, rolls, croutons, pizza: 5 g/100 g
• Breakfast cereals and cereal bars: 33 g/100 g
• Fruit- and vegetable-based drinks: 20 g/100 ml
• Ready-to-mix beverage powders: 93 g/100 g
• Cocoa and chocolate confectionary: 7 g/100 g
• Dairy analogues and non-dairy meal replacements for weight control: 11 g/100 g
• Fermented milk-based products: 5 g/100 g
• Pasta-based products: 15 g/100 g
• Meat preparations and meat products: 14 g/100 g
• Soups (ready-to-eat) and soup concentrates or powders: 3 g/100 g
• Salads: 26 g/100 g
• Meat analogues: 40 g/100 g
• Milk-based drinks: 1 g/100 g
• Single meal replacements for weight control: 1 g/100 g

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Pea and rice protein fermented by Shiitake mushroom mycelia’.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description:

The novel food is produced from the fermentation of a mixture of 65 % pea and 35 % rice protein concentrates by the mycelia of the Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) followed by heat treatment to terminate the fermentation and a series of drying steps to form a powder.

Characteristics/Composition:

Protein (% dry weight, N x 6,25): ≥ 75,0

Moisture: ≤ 7,0

Total fat (% dry weight): ≤ 10,0

Ash (% dry weight): ≤ 10,0

Carbohydrates (% by calculation): ≤ 15,0

Mycotoxins:

Aflatoxin B1 (μg/kg): < 1,0

Aflatoxin B2 (μg/kg): < 1,0

Aflatoxin G1 (μg/kg): < 1,0

Aflatoxin G2 (μg/kg): < 1,0

Aflatoxin total (B1+B2+G1+G2) (μg/kg): < 3,0

Heavy metals:

Arsenic (μg/g): < 0,1

Cadmium (μg/g): < 0,1

Lead (μg/g): < 0,3

Mercury (μg/g): < 0,1

Microbiological criteria:

Total aerobic microbial count: < 1 000 CFU/g

Total yeast/moulds count: < 100 CFU/g

Coliforms: ≤ 10 CFU/g

Salmonella spp.: Absent in 25 g

Escherichia coli: < 10 CFU/g

Listeria monocytogenes: Absent 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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