Food

Food additives (mixtures)

Dietary factor.

In practice

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Effect by goal · level of evidence

Dietary exposure to additives

high exposure (effects to be confirmed) Low observational study (exposure) (A)

10%

In 106,000 French adults, 48 additives were consumed daily by more than 10% (modified starches and citric acid, >90%), including several with safety concerns in experimental studies (carrageenan, nitrites, phosphates, acesulfame-K, sucralose, glutamate). It is an exposure map, not a harm map: the effect of mixtures remains to be studied.

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Diet · Highest evidence: Low · 1 finding

Findings

Dietary exposure to additives — high exposure (effects to be confirmed) (Low, observational study (exposure)). In 106,000 French adults, 48 additives were consumed daily by more than 10% (modified starches and citric acid, >90%), including several with safety concerns in experimental studies (carrageenan, nitrites, phosphates, acesulfame-K, sucralose, glutamate). It is an exposure map, not a map of harm: the effect of mixtures remains to be studied. 34608173

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