Dietary exposures for the safety assessment of seven emulsifiers commonly added to foods in the United States and implications for safety

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 905-917

  Shah, Romina ^a   Kolanos, Renata ^a   DiNovi, Michael J ^a   Mattia, Antonia ^a   Kaneko, Kotaro J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADI; dietary exposure; Emulsifiers; NHANES; NPD NET NID; polysorbate 80 (P80); sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD SUPPLY; LECITHIN; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

DIETARY EXPOSURE; EMULSIFIERS; NHANES; NPD NET-NID; POLYSORBATE 80; SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

NUTRITION;

CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; EMULSIFYING AGENT; ESTER DERIVATIVE; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE; POLYSORBATE 80; SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FOOD ADDITIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARKET; POPULATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; NUTRITION;

DIET; EMULSIFYING AGENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017637995     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2017.1311420     Document Type: Article

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