COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2020/1634 
of 4 November 2020 
author ising the placing on the market of sugars obtained from cocoa (Theobr oma cacao L.) pulp as a 
novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and 
amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regar d to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on 
novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing 
Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) 
No 1852/2001 (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 provides that only novel foods author ised and included in the Union list may be placed 
on the mark et within the Union. 
(2) Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, Commission Imple menting Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) 
establishing a Union list of author ised novel foods was adopt ed. 
(3) Pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283, the Commission is to decide on the author isation and on the 
placing on the Union mark et of a novel food and on the updating of the Union list. 
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 (3) author ised the placing on the mark et of fruit pulp, pulp 
juice, concentrat ed pulp juice from Theobrom a cacao L. as a traditional food from a third countr y under Regulation 
(EU) 2015/2283 and amended the Union list of author ised novel foods. 
(5) On 22 November 2019, the compan y Cabosse Naturals NV (‘the applicant’) submitted an application to the 
Commission in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 to place sugars obtained from cocoa 
(Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp on the Union mark et as a novel food. The applicant request ed for sugars obtained from 
cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp to be used as an ingredient for the general population. 
(6) The sugars are obtained via a drying process or a purification process which removes the exce ss moisture and the 
other compo nents present in the concentrat ed pulp juice from Theobr oma cacao L. 
(7) The Commission considers that a safet y evaluation of the current application by the European Food Safet y Author ity 
in accordance with Article 10(3) of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 is not necessar y. The sugars obtained from the 
concentrat ed pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. via drying or purification are identical to the sugars naturally 
present in the cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp and consist mainly of glucose and fructo se that have a long histo ry of 
safe use in foods, thus their author isation would not alter the safety considerations that suppor ted the author isation 
of concentrat ed pulp juice from Theobr oma cacao L. as a traditional food. 
(1)OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 of 20 December 2017 establishing the Union list of novel foods in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods (OJ L 351, 30.12.2017, p. 72). 
(3)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 of 14 Febr uary 2020 author ising the placing on the market of fruit pulp, pulp 
juice, concentrated pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. as a traditional food from a third countr y under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 43, 17.2.2020, p. 66). EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 5.11.2020                                                                                                                                         L 367/39   (8) The information provided in the application gives suffi cient grounds to establish that the proposed uses and use 
levels of the novel food suga rs obtained from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) pulp comply with Article 12 of Regulation 
(EU) 2015/2283. 
(9) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
1. Sugars obtained from cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp as specifi ed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in 
the Union list of author ised novel foods established by Imple menting Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. 
2. The entr y in the Union list refer red to in paragraph 1 shall include the conditions of use and labelling requirements 
laid down in the Annex. 
Article 2 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 4 November 2020.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Ursula VON DER LEYEN     EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 367/40                                                                                                                                         5.11.2020   ANNEX 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 is amended as follows: 
(1) in Table 1 (Author ised novel foods), the follo wing entr y is inser ted in alphabetical order: 
Autho rised novel food Conditions under which the novel food 
may be used Additional specific labelling requirements Other requirements 
‘Sugars obtained from cocoa (Theo­
broma cacao L.) pulp Not specified The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it 
shall be “suga rs obtained from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) pulp”, “Glucose 
obtained from cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp” or “Fructo se obtained from 
cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp”, depending on the form used.’    
(2) in Table 2 (Specif ications), the followi ng entr y is inser ted in alphabetical order : 
Autho rised Novel Food Specifications 
‘Sugars obtained from cocoa  
(Theobr oma cacao L.) pulp Descr iption/Def inition: 
Sugars are obtained from the concentrat ed cocoa pulp (Theobro ma cacao L.) juice either via a drying process or via a purification 
process to produce high purity glucose or fructose. 
Sugars produced by a drying process 
Nutr itional compo sition: 
Total sugars (g/100g): > 80 
Moisture (%): < 5 
Microbiological criteria: 
Total Plate Count (aerobic) (cfu/g): < 104 
Moulds and Yeasts (cfu/g): < 50 
Enterobacteri aceae (cfu/g): < 10 
Salmonella spp.: Absence in 25 g 
Alicycl obacillus: Absence in 50 g 
Ther mo-acidophilic bacteri a: Absence in 50 g 
Sugars produced by a pur ification process 
Nutr itional compo sition of Glucose obtained from cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp: 
Glucose cont ent (%): > 93 
Ash (%): < 0,2 
Moisture (%): < 1,0 
Nutr itional compo sition of Fructo se obtained from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) pulp: 
Fructo se content (%): > 98 
Glucose cont ent (%): < 0,5 % 
Ash (%): < 0,2 
Moisture (%):< 0,5 
Microbiological criteria for glucose and fructo se obtained from cocoa (Theobro ma cacao L.) pulp: 
Total Plate Count (aerobic) (cfu/g): < 104 
Salmonella spp.: Absence in 25 g’   EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 5.11.2020                                                                                                                                         L 367/41