Daily Intake of 6 Kinds of Organic Acids, 3 Kinds of Amino Acids, 4 Kinds of Nucleic Acids and Phosphate etc. according to the Market Basket Studies in Japan

Abstract

Through the market basket studies proposed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the same kinds of foods were purchased at Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Kofu, Nagano, Osaka, Wakayama, Matsue and Kitakyushu in November 1983. The purchased foods were divided into 8 groups and contents of 18 kinds of food additives were analyzed. Intakes of each food additives percapita per day were 45.9 mg of fumaric acid, 103mg of succinic acid, 176mg of malic acid, 31.2mg of tartaric acid, 693 mg of citric acid, 254mg of acetic acid, 1, 118mg of glutamic acid, 296mg of aspartic acid, 201mg of glycine, 3.35mg of sodium 5'-inosinate, 0.34mg of sodium 5'-uridylate, 0.86mg of sodium 5'-guanylate, 0.15mg of sodium 5'-cytidylate, 433mg of Ortho-phosphate (as P), 986mg of sorbitol, 2.9mg of α-tocopherol, 0.53mg of β-carotene and 366mg of calcium. The ratios of daily intakes of each food additive to ADI were 0-18.6%. No significant differences were observed in the contents of 18kinds of food additives of foods purchased from big, middle-class or small supermarkets, or local retail shops.