Sunflower oil 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: 1,1 g/day

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Sunflower oil extract’

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

The sunflower extract is obtained by a concentration factor of 10 of the unsaponifiable fraction of refined sunflower oil extracted from the seeds of the sunflower, Helianthus Annuus L.

Composition:

Oleic acid (C18:1): 20 %

Linoleic acid (C18:2): 70 %

Unsaponifiable matter: 8,0 %

Phytosterols: 5,5 %

Tocopherols: 1,1 %

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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