Wheat bran 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:

• Beer and substitutes: 0,4 g/100 g
• Ready to eat cereals: 9 g/100 g
• Dairy products: 2,4 g/100 g
• Fruit and vegetable juices: 0,6 g/100 g
• Soft drinks: 0,6 g/100 g
• Meat preparations: 2 g/100 g

Additional specific labelling requirements

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

Other requirements

The ‘Wheat Bran Extract’ may not be introduced onto the market as a food supplement or food supplement ingredient. Nor may it be added to infant formula.

Specification (Table 2)

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

Description/Definition:

White crystalline powder obtained by enzymatic extraction from Triticum aestivum L. bran, rich in arabinoxylan oligosaccharides

Dry matter: Min. 94 %

Arabinoxylan oligosaccharides: Min 70 % of dry matter

Average degree of polymerisation of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides: 3-8

Ferulic acid (bound to arabinoxylan oligosaccharides): 1-3 % of dry matter

Total poly/oligosaccharides: Min 90 %

Protein: Max 2 % of dry matter

Ash: Max 2 % of dry matter

Microbiological parameters:

Mesophilic bacteria - total count: Max 10 000/g

Yeasts: Max 100/g

Fungi: Max 100/g

Salmonella: Absence in 25g

Bacillus cereus: Max 1000/g

Clostridium perfringens: Max 1000/g

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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