On 27 November, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2242 of 7 November 2025, authorising the placing on the market of yellow tomato extract as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, entered into force.
The novel food is a carotenoid-rich extract derived from the pulp of ripe yellow tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) by supercritical CO2 extraction.
It is only authorized in food supplements, and the designation on the labelling will be yellow tomato extract, with the following warning: it should only be consumed by adults. The maximum permitted content of yellow tomato extract will be 100 mg/ day.
Only Lycored Ltd. is authorized to market the novel food in the Union for a period of five years from 30 November 2025, unless a subsequent applicant obtains authorization for that novel food without referring to the protected scientific data or with the agreement of Lycored Ltd.