Phosphated wheat starch: 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:

• Baked bakery products: 15 %
• Pasta: 15 %
• Breakfast cereals: 15 %
• Cereal bars: 15 %

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Phosphated wheat starch’.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description:

Phosphated distarch phosphate produced from wheat starch (phosphated wheat starch) is a chemically modified resistant starch derived from wheat starch by combining chemical treatments to create phosphate cross-links within and between individual starch molecules.

The novel food ingredient is a white or near white free flowing powder.

Characteristic/Composition:

CAS No: 11120-02-8

Chemical formula: (C6H10O5)n [(C6H9O5)2PO2H]x [(C6H9O5)PO3H2]y

n = number of glucose units; x, y = degrees of substitution

Parameter

Powder form 1

Powder form 2

Phosphated Distarch Phosphate (Dry basis)

≥ 85 %

≥ 75 %

Unmodified Wheat Starch (Dry basis)

≤ 15 %

≤ 25 %

Moisture

9 -12 %

Total dietary fibre (dry matter basis)

≥ 76,0 %

≥ 66,0 %

Ash

≤ 3 %

Protein

≤ 0,5 %

Total fat

≤ 0,50 %

≤ 0,34 %

Residual bound phosphorus

≤ 0,4 % (as phosphorus)

pH (25 % slurry)

4,5 - 6,5

Heavy metals:

Arsenic: ≤ 1 mg/kg

Lead: ≤ 2 mg/kg

Mercury: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

Total viable aerobic counts: ≤ 10 4 CFU/g

Total yeast and mould count: ≤ 200 CFU/g

Escherichia coli: Negative to test

Salmonella spp.: Negative to test

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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