Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1528 of 30 July 2025 authorising the placing on the market of Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1528
• Articles: 3

Article 1

1.    Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil is authorised to be placed on the market within the Union.

Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil shall be included in the Union list of novel foods set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.

2.   The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Table 1 (Authorised novel foods), the following entry is inserted:

Authorised novel food

Conditions under which the novel food may be used

Additional specific labelling requirements

Other requirements

Data protection

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Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil

Specified food category

Maximum levels

The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be “ Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil”.

Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil as such

Pasta-based products

30 mL/100 g

Bread and rolls

30 mL/100 g

Snacks other than chips (crackers)

30 mL/100 g

Salad dressing

50 mL/100 g

Fats as defined in Appendix II of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 1 )

80 mL/100 g

Fine bakery wares

30 mL/100 g

Milk-based products (*)

60 mL/100 g

(*)

When used in milk-based products Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil may not replace in whole or in part any milk constituent.

(2)

in Table 2 (Specifications), the following entry is inserted:

Authorised Novel Food

Specifications

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Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) oil

Description:

The novel food is obtained from a pasteurisation of Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) L. tuber followed by a cold-pressing process.

Fatty acid composition:

Palmitic acid: 12-15 %

Stearic acid: 5-8 %

Oleic acid: 65-69 %

Linoleic acid: 9-12 %

Characteristics:

Acidity: ≤ 2 %

Peroxide value: ≤ 20 meq/kg

Saponification value: ≤ 189 mg KOH/g

p -anisidine: < 1

Heavy metals:

Lead: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Cadmium: ≤ 0,1 mg/kg

Mycotoxins:

Aflatoxins (sum of B1, B2, G1, G2): < 4 μg/kg

Aflatoxin B1: < 1 μg/kg

Ochratoxin A: < 3 μg/kg

Microbiological criteria:

Total Aerobic Microbial Count: ≤ 10 3 CFU /g

Total Yeast and Mould Count: ≤ 10 2 CFU /g

Coliforms: ≤ 10 CFU /g

Salmonella : Not detected in 25g

Listeria monocytogenes : Not detected in 25g

Enterobacteriaceae: < 10 2 CFU /g

CFU: colony forming units’

( 1 )   Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ( OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj ).’