On May 6, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC) issued an announcement (No. 3 of 2023) for “Three New Foods” with 14 products approved, including two new food raw materials, six new food additives, and six food-related products.
Details are as follows:
New food raw materials (two types)
1. Blueberry Anthocyanins
| Name | Blueberry Anthocyanins |
| Basic information | Source: Blueberry derived from Vaccinium corymbosum L. |
| Brief introduction of the production process | Prepared through enzymolysis, water extraction, purification, concentration, drying, and other processes using blueberry as a raw material. |
| Recommended intake | ≤800 mg/day |
| Other information | Applicable scope and maximum usage level:Milk and dairy products (modified milk and flavored fermented milk: 0.8 g/kg; formulated milk powder shall be converted according to the liquid volume after preparation; cheese, process(ed) cheese, cheese products, and condensed milk shall be converted according to the raw milk usage amount); beverages (0.8 g/kg; solid beverages shall be converted according to the liquid volume after preparation); jelly (14 g/kg), cocoa products, chocolates and chocolate products (including chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa butter substitute) (14 g/kg ); candy (40 g/kg); frozen beverages (8 g/kg), bakery foods (4 g/kg); alcoholic beverages (4 g/kg).Not suitable for consumption by infants, pregnant women, and breastfeeding women. The labels and instructions should be marked with unsuitable groups and recommended intake.Quality specifications and food safety indicators are detailed in Annex. |
2. Rye Pollen
| Name | Rye Pollen |
| Basic information | Source: Secale Cereale L. |
| Brief introduction of the production process | Prepared through pollen collection, drying, separation, and other processes using rye as a raw material. |
| Recommended intake | ≤1.5 g/day |
| Other information | Not suitable for consumption by infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and people with an allergy to pollen. The labels and instructions should be marked with unsuitable groups and recommended intake.Quality specifications and food safety indicators are detailed in the Annex. |
New food additives (six types)
1. New food nutrition enhancer (one type)
Name: L-Se-methylselenocysteine
Application Scope & Maximum Usage Level: Must be consistent with the requirements of selenium in the National Food Safety Standard – Standard for the Use of Food Nutrition Enhance (GB 14880).
Quality specifications: Applicable to the new food nutrition enhancer L-Se-methylselenocysteine, which is prepared through substitution reaction, hydrochloric acid hydrolysis, and refining by using Methyl 2-acetylamino-3-chloropropionate and Sodium methaneselenolate as raw materials. The rest shall be implemented in accordance with the National Food Safety Standard – Food Nutrition Enhance, L-Se-methylselenocysteine (GB 1903.12).
2. New food enzymes (one type)
| No. | Enzyme | Source | Donor |
| 1 | D-psicose 3-epimerase | Bacillus subtilis | Ruminococcus sp. CAG55 |
*The quality specification of the enzyme shall meet the requirements in the National Food Safety Standard – Food Additives, Enzymes (GB 1886.174)
3. Food additives with expanded scope (one type)
| No. | Name | Function | Cat No. | Food name | Maximum level(g/kg) | Remarks |
| 1 | Ascorbyl palmitate(enzymatic) | Antioxidant | 06.07 | Instant rice flour products | 0.2 | – |
4. Food nutrition enhancers with expanded scope and dosage (4 types)
| No. | Name | Cat No. | Food name | Maximum level | Remarks |
| 1 | Vitamin B1 | 14.04.02.01 | Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages) | 2mg/kg~5mg/kg | – |
| 2 | Vitamin B2 | 14.04.02.01 | Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages) | 2mg/kg~5mg/kg | – |
| 3 | Taurine | 14.04.02.01 | Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages) | 0.1g/kg~0.6g/kg | – |
| 4 | Ascorbyl palmitate(enzymatic) | As the compounds source of Vitamin C, the application scope and maximum usage level of ascorbyl palmitate (enzymatic) shall be consistent with the National Food Safety Standard – Standard for the Use of Food Nutrition Enhance (GB 14880) |
New food-related products (six types)
1. New food contact additives (one type)
| No. | Name | CAS number | Usage scope | Maximum level (%) |
| 1 | Hexanedioic acid polymer with 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol,4-tert-butylbenzoic acid | 74564-66-2 | Coating and coating film | 5 (Calculated according to the coating formula) |
2. New food contact resins (five types)
| No. | Name | CAS number | Usage scope | Maximum level (%) |
| 1 | Tricyclodecanedimethanol polymer with terephtalic acid and 1,6-hexandiol | – | Coating and coating film | 60 (Calculated according to the coating formula) |
| 2 | Fatty acids, C18-unsatd., dimmers,hydrogenated polymers with 1,4-butanediol, ethylene glycol, terephthalic acid and trimethylolpropane, block | – | Plastic | – |
| 3 | 1,6-Hexanedioic acid, polymer with (E)-2-butenedioic acid and tricyclodecanedimethanol | 58891-19-3 | Coating and coating film | 18 (Calculated according to dry weight) |
| 4 | Polymer of 1,4-butanediol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and m-phthalic acid | – | Coating and coating film | 30 (Calculated according to dry weight) |
| 5 | Polymer of butanediol-1,4, tricyclodecanedimethanol and dimethylterephthalate | 490017-22-6 | Coating and coating film | 59 (Calculated according to the coating formula) |
(Source: cirs-group.com)
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