Assessment of estimated daily intakes of benzoates for average and high consumers in Korea

• Published in: Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 127 - 135
• Main Authors: Yoon, H. Jung, Cho, Ye Hee, Park, J, Lee, C. Hee, Park, S. Kwan, Cho, Y.Ju, Han, K. Won, Lee, J. Ok, Lee, C. Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 01.02.2003
• Subjects: acceptable daily intake; acceptable daily intake (ADI); Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aloe; average daily intake; benzoates; Benzoates - administration & dosage; Benzoates - analysis; beverages; Beverages - analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Condiments - analysis; Energy Intake; estimated daily intake (EDI); Feeding Behavior; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; food additives; food intake; Food Preservatives - administration & dosage; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; Humans; Infant; Korea; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; monitoring; nutrition surveys; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; Panax; Sex Distribution; soy sauce; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Korean Peninsula; Asia; Korea; Benzoate; acceptable daily intake (ADI); Preservative; Consumer; Nutrition; Surveillance; Legislation; Food additive; Daily dose; estimated daily intake (EDI); benzoates; Quantitative analysis
• ISSN: 1944-0049; 0265-203X; 1944-0057; 1464-5122
• DOI: 10.1080/02652030210156331

A study was performed to evaluate the estimated daily intakes (EDI) of benzoates for the average and high (90th percentile) consumers by age and sex categories in Korea. The estimation of daily intakes of benzoates was based on individual dietary intake data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey in 1998 and on the determination of benzoates in eight food categories. The EDI of benzoates for average consumers of different age groups ranged from 0.009 to 0.025 mg kg-1 bw day-1. For high consumers, the range of EDI of benzoates was 0.195-1.878 mg kg-1 bw day-1. The intakes represented 0.18-0.50% of the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of benzoates for average consumers and 3.9-37.6% of the ADI for high consumers. Foods that contributed most to the daily intakes of benzoates were mixed beverages and soy sauce in Korea.