Abstract
According to the market basket studies proposed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the same-kinds of foods were collected at Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Kofu, Nagano, Osaka, Wakayama, Matsue and Kitakyushu in November 1982, divided into 8 groups of foods and contents of 48 kinds of food additives were analyzed. Total daily intake of 48 kinds of food additives was 119.8mg, and intakes of each food additive per capita per day were 43mg of propylene glycol, 36.3mg of sorbic acid, 35.5 mg of nitrate, 1.44mg of benzoic acid, 1.3mg of glycyrrhizine, 0.91mg of sodium saccharine, 0.60 mg of propionic acid, 0.23mg of esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 0.19mg of dehydroacetic acid, 0.096 mg of synthetic food colors, 0.073mg of sulfur dioxide, 0.023mg of BHT, 0.018mg of nitrite and 0.001mg of BHT. The ratios of daily intakes of each food additive except nitrate to ADI were 0-3%. The contents of some kinds of food additives in foods purchased from local retail shops were higher than those from supermarkets.
