# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2078 of 10 November 2017 authorising an extension of use of yeast beta-glucans as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 7391) (Only the English text is authentic), Division: Description

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Beta-glucans are complex, high molecular mass (100–200 kDa) polysaccharides, found in the cell wall of many yeasts and cereals. The chemical name for ‘yeast beta-glucans’ is (1-3), (1-6)-β-D-glucans.
Beta-glucans consist of a backbone of β-1-3-linked glucose residues that are branched by β-1-6-linkages, to which chitin and mannoproteins are linked by β-1-4-bonds.
This novel food is a highly purified (1,3)-(1,6)-β-D-glucan isolated from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, insoluble in water, but dispersible in many liquid matrices.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2078/annex/I/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2078/annex-I/division-1
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