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Food Colors' Dietary Exposure in the Brazilian Population Using the 2008-2009 and 2017-2018 POF Food Consumption
Larissa Bertollo Gomes Pôrto1,2, Adriana Pavesi Arisseto Bragotto1
1Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Cidade Universitária, R. Monteiro Lobato 80, Campinas 13083-862, Brazil.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 8, 2025
Summary
This study prioritized food color safety in Brazil by estimating exposure levels. Six food colors require further assessment due to high exposure risks, ensuring consumer health protection.
Area of Science:
- Food safety and toxicology
- Chemical risk assessment
- Public health nutrition
Background:
- Regional evaluation of chemical risk assessment steps is crucial.
- Exposure assessment and risk characterization benefit from local data.
- Brazilian food consumption patterns influence chemical safety evaluations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a regional evaluation of exposure assessment for food colors in Brazil.
- To prioritize food colors for refined risk assessment based on consumption data.
- To identify food colors potentially exceeding safety parameters in the Brazilian diet.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Brazilian National Consumption Surveys (POF) from 2008-2009 and 2017-2018.
- Estimated mean and high exposures for 33 food colors.
- Applied a conservative approach comparing estimated exposures to maximum permitted levels.
Main Results:
- Higher exposure estimates were observed using the older POF database.
- Six food colors were identified as high priority for refined assessment (exceeding safety parameters).
- Eleven food colors were medium priority (high exposures exceeded parameters), and 16 were low priority.
Conclusions:
- Prioritization of food colors for risk assessment in Brazil is established.
- Refined exposure methodologies are necessary for specific food colors.
- This approach supports targeted risk management for chemical substances in food.
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