P. Verger et al., ESTIMATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAXIMUM THEORETICAL INTAKE FOR 10 ADDITIVES IN FRANCE, Food additives and contaminants, 15(7), 1998, pp. 759-766
Three European directives imply for all member stares all evaluation o
f food additives intakes. This paper describes the French approach, us
ing a step-by-step procedure to evaluate, at a national level, the con
sumption of 10 food additives ol groups of additives (E100, curcumin;
E160b, annatto, E200-203, sorbic acid and salts; E210-213, benzoic aci
d and salts, E220-224, 226-228, sulphites; E249-250, nitrites; E297, f
umaric acid; E473-474, sucrose esters and sucroglycerides; E491-492, s
tearoyl lactates; E952, cyclamic acid). The results are reassuring for
the general population, except for sulphites.