Spoil

Additive register

Titanium dioxide

E171·High

The published position

EFSA concluded in 2021 that it can no longer be considered safe as a food additive because genotoxicity could not be ruled out. Banned in the EU from 2022.

EFSA opinion, 2021

Where it stands in law

European Union

  • Banned · 7 August 2022

    Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63

    In force from 7 February 2022 with a six month transition; sale ended 7 August 2022.

None of this moves a score. A law tells you what a shop may sell where you live, which is a different question from what is in the packet, and mixing the two would make two people’s scores for the same product incomparable.

How much of it counts

No amount of this one earns a discount. EFSA set no acceptable daily intake in 2021 because genotoxicity could not be ruled out, so there is no threshold for a ceiling to argue against. The rule is here.

See the Open Food Facts record for E171