TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety of betaine as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
AU - Turck, Dominique
AU - Castenmiller, Jacqueline
AU - De Henauw, Stefaan
AU - Hirsch-Ernst, Karen Ildico
AU - Kearney, John
AU - Maciuk, Alexandre
AU - Mangelsdorf, Inge
AU - McArdle, Harry J.
AU - Naska, Androniki
AU - Pelaez, Carmen
AU - Pentieva, Kristina
AU - Siani, Alfonso
AU - Thies, Frank
AU - Tsabouri, Sophia
AU - Vinceti, Marco
AU - Cubadda, Francesco
AU - Engel, Karl Heinz
AU - Frenzel, Thomas
AU - Heinonen, Marina
AU - Marchelli, Rosangela
AU - Neuhäuser-Berthold, Monika
AU - Pöting, Annette
AU - Poulsen, Morten
AU - Sanz, Yolanda
AU - Schlatter, Josef Rudolf
AU - van Loveren, Henk
AU - Turla, Emanuela
AU - Knutsen, Helle Katrine
AU - EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (EFSA NDA Panel)
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - In 2017, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) concluded that betaine as a novel food (NF) is safe to be used at a maximum intake level of 6 mg/kg body weight per day in addition to the intake from the background diet. Following the present request from the European Commission, the EFSA NDA Panel was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on betaine by carrying out the assessment for the revised uses and use levels of betaine as proposed by the applicant. Thus, EFSA performed an intake assessment based on individual data from the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database and the new proposed uses of the NF for the general population. The resulting ranges for the mean and high-level estimated intakes of betaine for the general population do not exceed the safe level of intake previously established. The Panel concludes that the NF, betaine, is safe under the new proposed conditions of use.
AB - In 2017, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) concluded that betaine as a novel food (NF) is safe to be used at a maximum intake level of 6 mg/kg body weight per day in addition to the intake from the background diet. Following the present request from the European Commission, the EFSA NDA Panel was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on betaine by carrying out the assessment for the revised uses and use levels of betaine as proposed by the applicant. Thus, EFSA performed an intake assessment based on individual data from the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database and the new proposed uses of the NF for the general population. The resulting ranges for the mean and high-level estimated intakes of betaine for the general population do not exceed the safe level of intake previously established. The Panel concludes that the NF, betaine, is safe under the new proposed conditions of use.
KW - betaine
KW - intake assessment
KW - novel food
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065014774&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5658
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5658
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065014774
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 17
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
IS - 4
M1 - e05658
ER -