Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt: authorised novel food in the EU
Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use: quoted below.
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt
- 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:
- Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC intended for the adult population, excluding pregnant and lactating women: 20 mg/day
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt’. Food supplements containing Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt shall bear the following statement: This food supplement should be consumed by adults only excluding pregnant and lactating women
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Definition:
Chemical name: disodium 9-carboxy-4,5-dioxo-1H-pyrrolo[5,4-f]quinoline-2,7-dicarboxylate
Chemical formula: C14H4N2Na2O8
CAS No: 122628-50-6
Molecular weight: 374,17 Da
Description
Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt is a reddish-brown powder produced by the non-genetically modified bacterium Hyphomicrobium denitrificans strain CK-275.
Characteristics/Composition
Appearance: Reddish-brown powder
Purity: ≥ 99,0 % (dry weight)
UV absorbance (A322/A259): 0,56 ± 0,03
UV absorbance (A233/A259): 0,90 ± 0,09
Moisture: ≤ 12,0 %
Residual Solvent
Ethanol: ≤ 0,05 %
Heavy metals
Lead: < 3 mg/kg
Arsenic: < 2 mg/kg
Microbiological criteria:
Total viable cell count: ≤ 300 CFU/g
Mould/yeast: ≤ 12 CFU/g
Coliforms: absent in 1 g
Hyphomicrobium denitrificans: ≤ 25 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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