Re-evaluation of metatartaric acid (E 353) as a food additive

Maged Younes; Gabriele Aquilina; Laurence Castle; Karl-Heinz Engel; Paul Fowler; Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez; Peter Fürst; Rainer Gürtler; Ursula Gundert-Remy; Trine Husøy; Wim Mennes; Romina Shah; Ine Waalkens-Berendsen; Detlef Wölfle; Polly Boon; Paul Tobback; Matthew Wright; Ana Maria Rincon; Alexandra Tard; Peter Moldeus; EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF)

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6031

Re-evaluation of metatartaric acid (E 353) as a food additive

Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl-Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert-Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens-Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Matthew Wright, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Peter MoldeusEFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF)

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The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of metatartaric acid (E 353) when used as a food additive. Metatartaric acid (E 353) had been previously evaluated by the Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) and Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Based on the presumption that metatartaric acid is fully hydrolysed pre-systemically to l(+)-tartaric acid, the Panel concluded that metatartaric acid (E 353) should be included in the group acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 240 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day, expressed as tartaric acid, for l(+)-tartaric acid-tartrates (E 334–337, 354) which was established by the EFSA FAF Panel in 2020. Exposure estimates were calculated for metatartaric acid (E 353) using a maximum level and refined exposure assessment scenario. The Panel also concluded that there is no safety concern for the use of metatartaric acid (E 353) at the reported use and use level. The Panel made a number of recommendations.

Original language	English
Pages	e06031
Number of pages	20
Volume	18
No.	3
Specialist publication	EFSA Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6031
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020

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Acknowledgements: The FAF Panel wishes to thank Claude Lambre and Esraa Elewa for the support provided to this scientific output. The FAF Panel wishes to acknowledge all European competent institutions, Member State bodies and other organisations that provided data for this scientific output.

Keywords

metatartaric acid
E 353
CAS No 39469-81-3
food additive

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Younes, M., Aquilina, G., Castle, L., Engel, K.-H., Fowler, P., Frutos Fernandez, M. J., Fürst, P., Gürtler, R., Gundert-Remy, U., Husøy, T., Mennes, W., Shah, R., Waalkens-Berendsen, I., Wölfle, D., Boon, P., Tobback, P., Wright, M., Rincon, A. M., Tard, A., ... EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) (2020). Re-evaluation of metatartaric acid (E 353) as a food additive. EFSA Journal, 18(3), e06031. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6031

Younes, M, Aquilina, G, Castle, L, Engel, K-H, Fowler, P, Frutos Fernandez, MJ, Fürst, P, Gürtler, R, Gundert-Remy, U, Husøy, T, Mennes, W, Shah, R, Waalkens-Berendsen, I, Wölfle, D, Boon, P, Tobback, P, Wright, M, Rincon, AM, Tard, A, Moldeus, P & EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) 2020, 'Re-evaluation of metatartaric acid (E 353) as a food additive' EFSA Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. e06031. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6031

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