Estimation of Daily Intake of Lactic Acid, Gluconic Acid, Glycerol, Mannitol, Ammonium Hydroxide, Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin, Water Soluble Annatto, 2 Kinds of Stabilizers and 4 Kinds of Emulsifiers

Abstract

According to 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 Kitakyusyu in October, 1984. The purchased foods were divided into 8 groups and the content of 14 kinds of food additives was analyzed. The intake of each food additive per capita per day was as follows; 90.4mg of sodium alginate, 46.0mg of glycerol monostearate, 1.0mg of sucrose monostearate, 1, 226mg of glycerol, 1, 176mg of lactic acid, 65.7mg of gluconic acid, 308.9mg of mannitol and 173.3mg of ammonium hydroxide. No intake was found for other 6 food additives; propylene glycol alginate, propylene glycol monostearate, sorbitan monostearate, sodium copper chlorophyllin, copper chlorophyllin and water soluble annatto. The ratio of daily intake of each food additive to Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) were 0-12.4%.