{"id":1196,"date":"2023-09-12T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/astaxantina\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:57:49","slug":"astaxantina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/blog-en\/astaxantina","title":{"rendered":"Astaxantina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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INFORMATION NOTE ON THE NEW PUBLISHED NOVEL FOOD REGULATION: ASTAXANTHIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 2 August 2023, the Commission published Regulation (EU) 2023\/1581 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017\/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food ‘astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from the algae\u00a0Haematococcus pluvialis’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Its use in food supplements was already authorised, with a maximum content of 8 mg astaxanthin per day. The new Regulation limits the use of food supplements containing 8 mg astaxanthin to adults and adolescents over 14 years of age, and classifies the maximum content of astaxanthin in different population groups:<\/p>\n

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  • \u00a0Children aged 3 to 10 years:\u00a0<\/strong>up to\u00a02.3 mg\/day\u00a0<\/strong>of astaxanthin.<\/li>\n
  • Adolescents aged 10-14 years<\/strong>: up to\u00a05.7 mg\/day<\/strong>\u00a0of astaxanthin.<\/li>\n
  • General population over 14 years of age<\/strong>: up to\u00a08 mg\/day\u00a0<\/strong>of astaxanthin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In addition to the conditions of use, specific labelling requirements have also been added:<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The designation of the novel food on the labelling of products containing it shall be\u00a0‘astaxanthin rich oleoresin from\u00a0Haematococcus pluvialis<\/em>\u00a0algae ‘<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The following additional warning:\u00a0\u201cDo not consume the product if other food supplements containing astaxanthin esters are consumed on the same day.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The changes of this Regulation entered into force on 22 August without a fixed transition period, therefore, food supplements may be placed on the market until their date of minimum durability or use-by date if they:<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contain \u22648 mg of astaxanthin per daily dose, intended for the general population over 14 years of age and were legally on the market before the date of entry into force of the Regulation or they contain or;<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contain \u22648 mg of astaxanthin per daily dose, are intended for the general population over 14 years of age and have been imported into the Union, provided that the importer of the food can demonstrate that they were dispatched from the third country concerned and were en route to the Union before the date of entry into force of that Regulation.<\/p>\n

    From C\u00eda de Productos Naturales Lle\u00f3 we will contact all our customers affected by the new regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INFORMATION NOTE ON THE NEW PUBLISHED NOVEL FOOD REGULATION: ASTAXANTHIN On 2 August 2023, the Commission published Regulation (EU) 2023\/1581 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017\/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food 'astaxanthin-rich oleoresin from the algae\u00a0Haematococcus pluvialis'. Its use in food supplements was already authorised, with a maximum content of 8 mg astaxanthin per day. The new Regulation limits the use of food supplements containing 8 mg astaxanthin to adults and adolescents over 14 years of age, and classifies the maximum content of astaxanthin in different population groups: \u00a0Children aged 3 to 10 years:\u00a0up to\u00a02.3 mg\/day\u00a0of astaxanthin. Adolescents aged 10-14 years: up to\u00a05.7 mg\/day\u00a0of astaxanthin. General population over 14 years of age: up to\u00a08 mg\/day\u00a0of astaxanthin. In addition to the conditions of use, specific labelling requirements have also been added: -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The designation of the novel food on the labelling of products containing it shall be\u00a0'astaxanthin rich oleoresin from\u00a0Haematococcus pluvialis\u00a0algae '. -\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The following additional warning:\u00a0\u201cDo not consume the product if other food supplements containing astaxanthin esters are consumed on the same day.\u201d The changes of this Regulation entered into force on 22 August without a fixed transition period, therefore, food supplements may be placed on...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lleo.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}