Novel foods
In the rapidly evolving food industry, introducing novel foods to the market is a journey filled with regulatory complexities and scientific challenges.
At Biosafe, we specialise in guiding innovative food products through the rigorous European Union authorisation process. Our consulting services are designed to navigate the intricacies of novel food regulations, ensuring your products achieve compliance and gain market entry efficiently.
Why Biosafe
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Regulatory mastery: We possess an in-depth understanding of the EU’s novel foods regulation (EU) 2015/2283, as well as the challenging Transparency Regulation (EU) 2019/1381, ensuring your product dossier meets all legal requirements for safety, documentation, and traceability.
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Scientific excellence: Our team of experts leverages cutting-edge scientific research to substantiate the safety and efficacy of your novel food products, from concept to approval.
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Strategic support: We offer strategic insights into the novel foods approval process, including pre-application advice, dossier preparation, risk assessment, and post-market surveillance strategies.
Our novel foods consulting services
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We help you identify the optimal pathway for your novel food's approval, considering your product’s unique attributes and the current regulatory landscape.
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Our experts meticulously prepare and submit your novel food application dossier to the European Commission, ensuring it is comprehensive, scientifically robust, and compliant with EU regulations.
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We conduct thorough safety assessments and risk analyses, providing the necessary scientific evidence to demonstrate your product's safety for EU consumers.
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Acting as your advocate, we liaise with regulatory authorities, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), to facilitate a smooth evaluation process, responding to queries and addressing any concerns.
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Beyond approval, we offer strategic advice on market access, labelling, advertising, and post-market monitoring to ensure ongoing compliance with EU regulations.
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Our expertise extends to cutting-edge food technologies, such as cellular agriculture, precision fermentation, alternative proteins, and synthetic biology, ensuring your innovative products navigate the regulatory process successfully.
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Unlocking the potential of your novel foods
The journey to bringing novel foods to the European market is complex but rewarding. With Biosafe's expert consulting services, you gain a partner committed to unlocking the full potential of your innovative food products.
Our strategic, science-based approach minimises regulatory hurdles and accelerates market entry, allowing you to focus on what you do best: creating the future of food.
Novel ingredients in the USA
Supporting market entry under the US regulatory framework
Entering the US market with novel ingredients presents a different regulatory challenge compared to the European Union. While the US system is generally more flexible and market-driven, it places significant responsibility on companies to substantiate ingredient safety through robust scientific evidence.
At Biosafe, we support companies in navigating US regulatory pathways for novel ingredients, ensuring that safety substantiation, documentation, and strategic positioning meet the expectations of US authorities and commercial partners.
Understanding the US regulatory landscape
In the United States, there are four main regulatory pathways for bringing food ingredients to market, depending on the product category and intended use:
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GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) for conventional food ingredients, either self-affirmed or notified to FDA
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Food Additive Petition (FAP) for ingredients that require premarket FDA approval
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Dietary ingredient pathways, including New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications for dietary supplements
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Color Additive Petition (CAP) for substances intended to impart colour in food
Each route requires a clear scientific rationale, comprehensive safety assessment, and well-documented expert evaluation.
How Biosafe supports US market entry
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For many innovative food companies, the US market is a critical step in global commercialisation. Biosafe helps you translate EU-grade scientific rigor into US-compatible regulatory strategies without unnecessary complexity.
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We evaluate your ingredient, production process, and intended use to identify the most appropriate US regulatory pathway and risk profile.
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Our experts support the preparation of GRAS dossiers, including literature reviews, exposure assessments, toxicological evaluations, and expert panel documentation.
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If your ingredient is intended for dietary supplements, we help assess whether an NDI notification may be required and support the safety narrative and documentation needed for the submission.
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We develop robust, science-based safety arguments aligned with US regulatory expectations, ensuring credibility with regulators, partners, and investors.
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For companies targeting both markets, we help align safety data and regulatory strategies across jurisdictions, reducing duplication and accelerating global market access.
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Interested in US regulatory support for novel ingredients?
Our goal is to ensure your novel ingredient enters the US market with clarity, confidence, and credibility.
Contact our experts to discuss your pathway.
For more information, contact us
Anne Ukkonen
Regulatory Manager, PhD
+358 40 5813 160
anne.ukkonen@biosafe.fi
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