Taxifolin-rich 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:

• Yogurt plain/Yogurt with fruits(*): 0,020 g/kg
• Kephir(*): 0,008 g/kg
• Buttermilk(*): 0,005 g/kg
• Milk powder(*): 0,052 g/kg
• Cream(*): 0,070 g/kg
• Sour cream(*): 0,050 g/kg
• Cheese(*): 0,090 g/kg
• Butter(*): 0,164 g/kg
• Chocolate confectionery: 0,070 g/kg
• Non-alcoholic beverages: 0,020 g/L
• Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC intended for the general population, excluding infants, young children, children and adolescents younger than 14 years: 100 mg/day
• (*) When used in milk products Taxifolin-rich extract may not replace in whole or in part, any milk constituent

Additional specific labelling requirements

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘taxifolin-rich extract’

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description:

Taxifolin-rich extract from the wood of Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr) is a white to pale-yellow powder that crystallizes from hot aqueous solutions.

Definition:

Chemical name: [(2R,3R)-2-(3,4 dihydroxyphenyl)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one, also called (+) trans (2R,3R)- dihydroquercetin] and with no more than 2 % of the cis-form

Specifications:

Physical parameter

Moisture: ≤ 10 %Compound analysis

Taxifolin (m/m): ≥ 90,0 % of the dry weight

Heavy Metals, Pesticide

Lead: ≤ 0,5 mg/kg

Arsenic: ≤ 0,02 mg/kg

Cadmium: ≤ 0,5 mg/kg

Mercury: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT): ≤ 0,05 mg/kg

Residual solvents

Ethanol: < 5 000 mg/kg

Microbiological criteria

Total Plate Count (TPC): ≤ 104 CFU/g

Enterobacteria: ≤ 100/g

Yeast and Mould: ≤ 100 CFU/g

Escherichia coli: Absence/1 g

Salmonella: Absence/10 g

Staphylococcus aureus: Absence/1 g

Pseudomonas: Absence/1g

Usual range of components of the Taxifolin-rich extract (as per dry substance)

Extract component

Content, usual observed range (%)

Taxifolin

90 - 93

Aromadendrin

2,5 - 3,5

Eriodictyol

0,1 - 0,3

Quercetin

0,3 - 0,5

Naringenin

0,2 - 0,3

Kaempferol

0,01 - 0,1

Pinocembrin

0,05 - 0,12

Unidentified flavonoids

1 - 3

Water(*)

1,5

(*) Taxifolin in its hydrated form and during the drying process is a crystal. This results on the inclusion of water of crystallisation in a quantity of 1,5 %.

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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