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China Three New Food Updates: 16 Newly Approved Substances (May 2026)

Published on：2026-05-28

On May 27, 2026, China's National Health Commission (NHC) officially approved 16 substances as "Three-New Food", including 7 new food ingredients, 7 new food additive varieties, and 2 new food-related products.

The details of the new food ingredients and additive varieties are as follows:

New food ingredients:

No.	Chinese Name	English Name
1	牡丹籽油	Peony seed oil
2	显齿蛇葡萄叶多酚	Nekemias grossedentata leaf polyphenols
3	青钱柳叶多酚	Cyclocarya paliurus leaf polyphenols
4	动物双歧杆菌乳亚种 XLTG11	Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis XLTG11
5	紧密镰刀菌蛋白	Mycoprotein from Fusarium compactum
6	蛋白核小球藻	Chlorella pyrenoidosa Synonym: Chlorella Vulgaris, Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa
7	植物甾醇	Plant sterol

New varieties of food additives

New Varieties of Enzyme Preparation

No.	Enzyme	Source	Donor
1	Xylanase	Bacillus licheniformis	Chryseobacterium
2	Cellulase	Trichoderma reesei	Trichoderma reesei

Food Additives with Expand usage Scope

No.	Name	Function	Food Category No.	Food Category	Maximum Use Level (g/kg)
1	Calcium alginate	Thickener, stabilizer, and coagulant	01.06.04	Processed cheese and cheese products	5.0
			05.01.02	Chocolate and chocolate products, and cocoa products excluding 05.01.01	5.0
			16.06	Puff foods	3.0

Food Nutrient Fortifier with Expand Usage Scope

No.	Name	Food Category No.	Food Category	Use Level
1	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium	13.05	Other foods for special dietary uses excluding 13.01–13.04 (limited to complementary food nutrient supplements)	Calculated as folic acid, the use shall comply with the provisions for folic acid used in complementary food nutrient supplements under the GB 22570

Food Additives with Added Quality Specification Requirements

No.	Nutrient Fortifier	Source	Donor
1	2'-fucosyllactose	Escherichia coli C43(DE3)	Bacillus cereus
1	2'-fucosyllactose	Escherichia coli K-12 BW25113	Mycobacterium spp.
2	3'-Sialyllactose sodium salt	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)	Haemophilus parahaemolyticus
2	3'-Sialyllactose sodium salt	Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655	Campylobacter jejuni and Neisseria meningitidis
3	Lacto-N-neotetraose	Escherichia coli BL21 star (DE3)	Neisseria meningitidis and Helicobacter pylori