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The Latest and Most Comprehensive List of Novel Food Ingredients (Novel Resource Foods)

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2025-05-23 10:05

Novel food ingredients (novel food resources) refer to substances that are newly developed, newly discovered, or newly introduced in China, for which there is no established dietary tradition or only a limited regional tradition of consumption, and which meet basic food safety requirements and are non‑toxic and harmless to human health.

December 26, 2006 To strengthen the management of novel food resources, the Ministry of Health has, following deliberation at a ministerial meeting, adopted the Measures for the Administration of Novel Food Resources, which shall enter into force as of December 1, 2007.

May 31, 2013 The National Health and Family Planning Commission issued Order No. 1, promulgating the Measures for the Administration of Safety Review of Novel Food Ingredients. Article 24 of these Measures stipulates the repeal of the Measures for the Administration of Novel Resource Foods, which were promulgated by the former Ministry of Health on December 1, 2007.

October 1, 2013 The Measures for the Administration of Safety Review of Novel Food Ingredients have officially come into force, replacing the term “novel resource food” with “novel food ingredient,” thereby marking a new stage in China’s management of novel food ingredients.

The competent authorities responsible for novel food ingredients have undergone several changes, and the announcements they issue have been numerous and inconsistent. To address this, Wukong has compiled this “List of Novel Food Ingredients (Novel Resource Foods),” which includes all novel food ingredients approved in China up to May 2025, for industry reference.

List of Novel Food Ingredients (Novel Food Resources)

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