{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-73/annex-I/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-73/annex-I/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/73",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a mycelial extract from Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 442) (Only the English text is authentic) (2011/73/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-73",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Description:",
  "text": "The novel food ingredient is a sterile aqueous extract obtained from the mycelium of Lentinula edodes cultivated in a submerged fermentation. It is a light brown, slightly turbid liquid.\nLentinan is a β-(1-3) β-(1-6)-D-glucan which has a molecular weight of approximately 5 × 105 Daltons, a degree of branching of 2/5 and a triple helical tertiary structure.\nBradford method\nKjeldahl method\nComposition of the mycelial extract from Lentinula edodes\nMoisture\n98 %\nDry matter\n2 %\nFree glucose\nless than 20 mg/ml\nTotal Protein\nless than 0,1 mg/ml\nN-containing constituents\nless than 10 mg/ml\nLentinan\n0,8 – 1,2 mg/ml",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Bradford method"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Kjeldahl method"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/73/annex/I/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:53.230177+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}