Tetrahydrocurcuminoids: authorised novel food in the EU
Tetrahydrocurcuminoids is on the Union list of authorised novel foods (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470). Conditions of use and maximum levels: Food Supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC for the adult population, excluding pregnant and lactating women: 140 mg/day
- Regulation
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Annex, Table 1
- Listed as
- Tetrahydrocurcuminoids
- 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 for the adult population, excluding pregnant and lactating women: 140 mg/day
Additional specific labelling requirements
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘tetrahydrocurcuminoids’. The labelling of food supplements containing tetrahydrocurcuminoids shall bear a statement that a) they should be consumed by adults only, excluding pregnant and lactating women; b) they should not be consumed if other food supplements containing curcumin and/or curcuminoids are consumed on the same day.
Specification (Table 2)
Table 2 of the Annex, row with the same name, as written:
Description:
The tetrahydrocurcuminoids are produced via a series of steps involving the extraction of curcuminoids from the dried, pulverised rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), hydrogenation (using palladium on carbon (Pd/C) as a catalyst), concentration, crystallisation, drying, and milling into a powder.
Characteristics/Composition:
Total tetrahydrocurcuminoids (dry basis) (% w/w): > 95,0
Moisture (% w/w): ≤ 1,0
Ash (% w/w): ≤ 1,0
Palladium (mg/kg): < 5,0
Microbiological criteria:
Total aerobic microbial count: ≤ 5 000 CFU/g
Total yeast/moulds count: ≤ 100 CFU/g
Escherichia coli: < 10 CFU/g
Staphylococcus aureus: ≤ 10 CFU/g
Enterobacteriaceae: ≤ 10 CFU/g
Salmonella spp.: Absence in 25 g
Coliforms: ≤ 10 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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