title: Estimation of the distribution of the maximum theoretical intake for ten additives in France.
abstract: Three European directives imply for all member states an evaluation of food additives intakes. This paper describes the French approach, using a step-by-step procedure to evaluate, at a national level, the consumption of 10 food additives or groups of additives (E100, curcumin; E160b, annatto; E200-203, sorbic acid and salts; E210-213, benzoic acid and salts; E220-224, 226-228, sulphites; E249-250, nitrites; E297, fumaric acid; E473-474, sucrose esters and sucroglycerides; E491-492, stearoyl lactates; E952, cyclamic acid). The results are reassuring for the general population, except for sulphites.
authors.affiliation: Observatoire des Consommations Alimentaires, CNERNA, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chambolle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babayou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Breton
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Volatier
mesh_terms: D003474:Curcumin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005503:Food Additives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009573:Nitrites / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013447:Sulfites / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005503:Food Additives; D005505:Food Coloring Agents; D005520:Food Preservatives; D009573:Nitrites; D013447:Sulfites; D003474:Curcumin