Safety evaluation of certain food additives - ipcs inchem

CALCIUM LIGNOSULFONATE (40–65) 29
Table 4. Potential daily exposure to calcium lignosulfonate (40–65) from use as a carrier
Proportion (%) of powdered form of
carotenoid/vitamin out of total
produced (approximately)
Predicted maximum dietary
exposure to calcium
lignosulfonate (40–65) from food
supplements (mg/day)
Basis of calculationa Predicted maximum dietary
exposure to calcium
lignosulfonate (40–65) from food
(mg/day)
Carotenoids
2–25 ~100 50
-Carotene Reported ranges of dietary
exposure to -carotene in
United Kingdom and EU as a
natural food source, food
additive, fortificant and
supplement (highest dose
supplement ~20 mg/day)
(Tennant et al., 2004)
0–20 20–100 50
Zeaxanthin Predicted dietary exposure to
zeaxanthin as a food
ingredient in the USA and EU
(based on United Kingdom
data) for mean and 97.5thpercentile
high consumers
(Annex 1, reference 173)