Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) (traditional food from a third country): authorised novel food in the EU
Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) (traditional food from a third country) is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use and maximum levels: Not specified
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Roasted seeds of Dipteryx alata Vogel (baru) (traditional food from a third country)
- 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:
- Not specified
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘roasted nuts of Dipteryx alata’ or ‘roasted baru (Dipteryx alata) nuts’
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description/Definition:
The traditional food consists of whole roasted nuts (seeds) of Dipteryx alata Vogel [Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)].
Synonyms: Coumarouna alata (Vogel) Taub.
Common names: Baru, bajuró, cumaru, cumarurana, and feijão-coco.
Typical composition range:
Water activity: ≤ 0,5
Moisture (g/100 g): ≤ 5
Protein (g/100 g): 20-35
Ash (g/100 g): ≤ 3,5
Total carbohydrates (g/100 g): 40-50
Fat (g/100 g): 20-35
Heavy metals:
Lead: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg
Arsenic: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg
Cadmium: ≤ 0,2 mg/kg
Process contaminants:
Acrylamide: ≤ 300 μg/kg
Mycotoxins:
Sum of Aflatoxins (B1+B2+G1+G2): < 4 μg/kg
Aflatoxin B1: < 2 μg/kg
Microbiological criteria:
Total aerobic mesophilic count: ≤ 5 000 cfu/g
Yeast & Moulds: ≤ 100 cfu/g
E. coli: ≤ 10 cfu/g
Salmonella: Not detected in 25 g
Coliforms: ≤ 100 cfu/g
Enterobacteriaceae: ≤ 1 000 cfu/g
Bacillus cereus: ≤ 100 cfu/g
Staphylococcus aureus: ≤ 100 cfu/g
Spores of sulphite-reducing clostridia: ≤ 100 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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