Phenylcapsaicin: authorised novel food in the EU
Phenylcapsaicin 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
- Phenylcapsaicin
- 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:
- Foods for special medical purposes as defined under Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 excluding foods for infants, young children and children under the age of 11 years: 2,5 mg/day
- Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC intended for the general population, excluding children under the age of 11 years: 2,5 mg/day
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘phenylcapsaicin’.
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
Phenylcapsaicin (N-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-7-phenylhept-6-ynamide, C21H23NO3, CAS no: 848127-67-3), is synthesized chemically via a two step synthesis process involving in a first step the production of the acetylenic acid intermediate through a reaction of phenyl acetylene with a carboxylic acid derivative, and in a second step a series of reactions of the acetylenic acid intermediate with vanillylamine derivative to produce phenylcapsaicin.
Characteristics/Composition:
Purity (% of dry matter): ≥ 98 %
Moisture: ≤ 0,5 %
Total synthesis related production by-products: ≤ 1,0 %
N,N-dimethyl formamide: ≤ 880 mg/kg
Dichloromethane: ≤ 600 mg/kg
Dimethoxyethane: ≤ 100 mg/kg
Ethyl acetate: ≤ 0,5 %
Other solvents: ≤ 0,5 %
Heavy metals:
Lead: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg
Cadmium: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg
Mercury: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg
Arsenic: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg
Microbiological criteria:
Total plate count: ≤ 10 CFU/g
Coliforms: ≤ 10 CFU/g
Escherichia coli: Negative/10 g
Salmonella sp.: Negative/10 g
Yeast and mould: ≤ 10 CFU/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.
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