Safety of water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of  Lemna gibba and         Lemna minor as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

Dominique Turck; Torsten Bohn; Jacqueline Castenmiller; Stefaan De Henauw; Karen Ildico Hirsch-Ernst; Alexandre Maciuk; Inge Mangelsdorf; Harry J McArdle; Androniki Naska; Carmen Pelaez; Kristina Pentieva; Alfonso Siani; Frank Thies; Sophia Tsabouri; Marco Vinceti; Margarita Aguilera-Gómez; Francesco Cubadda; Thomas Frenzel; Marina Heinonen; Miguel Prieto Maradona; Rosangela Marchelli; Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold; Morten Poulsen; Josef Rudolf Schlatter; Henk van Loveren; Eirini Kouloura; Helle Katrine Knutsen; EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA)

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7903

Safety of water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of Lemna gibba and Lemna minor as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

Dominique Turck, Torsten Bohn, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch-Ernst, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Harry J McArdle, Androniki Naska, Carmen Pelaez, Kristina Pentieva, Alfonso Siani, Frank Thies, Sophia Tsabouri, Marco Vinceti, Margarita Aguilera-Gómez, Francesco Cubadda, Thomas Frenzel, Marina Heinonen, Miguel Prieto MaradonaRosangela Marchelli, Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold, Morten Poulsen, Josef Rudolf Schlatter, Henk van Loveren, Eirini Kouloura, Helle Katrine Knutsen, EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA)

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Abstract

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of Lemna gibba and Lemna minor as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. Water lentil protein concentrate is produced from two water lentil species ( L. gibba and L. minor) by separation of the protein fraction of the plant material from fibres, followed by pasteurisation and spray drying. The NF consists mainly of protein, fibre, fat and ash. The applicant proposed to use the NF as a food ingredient in a variety of food categories and as a food supplement. The target population is the general population when used as a food ingredient and exclusively adults when used as a food supplement. The Panel considers that taking into account the composition of the NF and the proposed conditions of use, the consumption of the NF is not nutritionally disadvantageous. There are no concerns regarding genotoxicity of the NF. The Panel considers that the risk of the NF triggering allergic reactions is low. The Panel concludes that the NF, water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of L. gibba and L. minor, is safe under the proposed conditions of use.

Original language	English
Article number	e07903
Number of pages	24
Journal	EFSA Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7903
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2023

Data Availability Statement

The Panel could not have reached the conclusion on the safety of the NF under the proposed conditions of use without the data claimed as proprietary by the applicant: compositional data, stability data, ileal digestion test, proteomic analysis, endophytic bacteria screening analyses, bacterial reverse mutation test (Vértesi, 2021), in vitro micronucleus test (Fekete, 2021).

Keywords

novel foods
food supplement
plant
water lentil
protein concentrate
lemna

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Turck, D., Bohn, T., Castenmiller, J., De Henauw, S., Hirsch-Ernst, K. I., Maciuk, A., Mangelsdorf, I., McArdle, H. J., Naska, A., Pelaez, C., Pentieva, K., Siani, A., Thies, F., Tsabouri, S., Vinceti, M., Aguilera-Gómez, M., Cubadda, F., Frenzel, T., Heinonen, M., ... EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) (2023). Safety of water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of Lemna gibba and Lemna minor as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. EFSA Journal, 21(4), Article e07903. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7903

Turck, D, Bohn, T, Castenmiller, J, De Henauw, S, Hirsch-Ernst, KI, Maciuk, A, Mangelsdorf, I, McArdle, HJ, Naska, A, Pelaez, C, Pentieva, K, Siani, A, Thies, F, Tsabouri, S, Vinceti, M, Aguilera-Gómez, M, Cubadda, F, Frenzel, T, Heinonen, M, Prieto Maradona, M, Marchelli, R, Neuhäuser-Berthold, M, Poulsen, M, Schlatter, JR, van Loveren, H, Kouloura, E, Knutsen, HK & EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) 2023, 'Safety of water lentil protein concentrate from a mixture of Lemna gibba and Lemna minor as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.', EFSA Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, e07903. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7903

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