Safety assessment of 16 sweeteners for the Korean population using dietary intake monitoring and poundage method

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

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1500-1509

  Kim, MeeKyung ^a   Lee, Gunyoung ^a   Lim, Ho Soo ^a   Yun, Sang Soon ^a   Hwang, Myungsil ^a   Hong, Jin Hwan ^a   Kwon, Hoonjeong ^b  

^a National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dietary intake; Food additive; poundage method; safety assessment; sweetener

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; NUTRITION; PEPTIDES; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SODIUM; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS;

DIETARY INTAKES; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; POUNDAGE METHOD; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SODIUM SACCHARINES; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES; SWEETENER;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

ACESULFAME; ASPARTAME; LACTITOL; SACCHARIN SODIUM; SUCRALOSE; FOOD ADDITIVE; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POUNDAGE METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; DIET; SOUTH KOREA;

ASPARTAME; DIET; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85023194398     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2017.1349344     Document Type: Article

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