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Titanium dioxide
Score
15
A whitening agent the EU banned in food in 2022 after EFSA could not rule out genotoxicity.
EFSA's 2021 opinion concluded titanium dioxide can no longer be considered safe as a food additive, because a concern over genotoxicity from nanoparticles could not be excluded and no safe daily intake could be set. The EU ban took effect in August 2022. It remains legal in the United States.
banned eugenotoxicity unresolved
Also appears on labels as
e171 · ci 77891
What this is based on
- RegulatorEuropean Food Safety Authority · 2021