Rhamnogalacturonan-I enriched carrot extract: 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:

• Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC, excluding food supplements for infants and young children: 1 500 mg/day for the general population above 3 years of age
• Foods for special medical purposes as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013, excluding foods for infants and young children: In accordance with the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom the products are intended
• Total diet replacement for weight control as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013: 1 500 mg/day
• Meal replacement for weight control, excluding meal replacement for infants and young children: 500 mg/meal
• Processed cereal based food and baby food for infants and young children as defined by Regulation (EU) No 609/2013: In accordance with the particular nutritional requirements of infants and young children and with a maximum of 625 mg/100 ml (for beverages) and 450 mg/100 g (meals)
• Muesli and similar mixed breakfast cereals: 5 000 mg/100 g
• Cereal bars: 3 750 mg/100 g
• Fruit based drinks, except product defined in part I of Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC: 500 mg/100 ml
• Biscuits, rusks and cookies: 3 750 mg/100 g
• Soups and soup concentrates: 750 mg/100 ml (marketed as such or reconstituted according to the instructions)
• Flavoured milk-based drinks: 750 mg/100 g
• Yogurt based drinks: 750 mg/100 g
• Milk analogues: 750 mg/100 g
• Cream analogues: 10 000 mg/100 g
• Cheese analogues: 3 750 mg/100 g
• Yogurt analogues: 1 200 mg/100 g

Additional specific labelling requirements

1. The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Rhamnogalacturonan-I carrot extract’. 2. The labelling of food supplements containing the novel food shall bear a statement that the food supplements should not be consumed by children under 3 years of age.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

The novel food is an extract of carrot pomace selectively enriched for rhamnogalacturonan-I domains by an enzymatic process (degrading selectively the pectin portion), followed by inactivation of the enzymes and further purification, heat treatment, drying and pasteurisation.

Source: Daucus carota L., subspecies Sativus.

Physical and chemical properties:

Colour: Off-white to beige

Odour/taste: Neutral

Solubility: soluble in water

Water activity: < 0,6

Composition:

Rhamnogalacturonan-I: ≥ 70 %

Rhamnose: ≥ 9 %

Moisture: ≤ 7 %

Free sugars: ≤ 3 %

Soluble dietary fibre: ≥ 60 %

Total dietary fibre: ≥ 70 %

Crude protein: ≤ 4 %

Ash: ≤ 5 %

Fat: ≤ 2 %

Contaminants:

Lead: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg

Cadmium: ≤ 1,0 mg/kg

Arsenic: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Mercury: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Perchlorate: ≤ 0,05 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

TAMC: ≤ 1 × 103 CFU/g

TYMC: ≤ 1 × 102 CFU/g

Bacillus cereus: < 1 × 102 CFU/g

Enterobacteriaceae: < 1 × 102 CFU/g

Escherichia coli: < 10 CFU/g

Salmonella spp.: not detected in 25 g

Listeria monocytogenes: not detected in 25 g

Sulphite reducing anaerobes: < 30 CFU/g

Abbreviations: CFU, colony forming units; TAMC, total aerobic microbial count; TYMC, total yeast and mould count.

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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