Vegetable carbon
Moderate risk
Alternate Names:
- charcoal
- ci 77266
- norit
Info from food-info.net:
- Description:
- Function:
- Black, water-insoluble colour. Also used as a filtration agent.
- Origin:
- Natural element, produced by burning vegetable matter.
- Side effects:
- No side effects known in the concentrations used. Used medically as an anti-diarrhoeal agent.
Dietary restrictions:- None; E153 can be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.
Acceptable daily intake:- None determined.
Status:- Unknown
Info from proe.info:
- Description:
- Benefits:
- Unknown
- General:
- Unknown
- Harm:
- Unknown
- Legal:
- Unknown
- Use:
- Unknown
- Links:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
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- Description:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- is not limited or determined (EFSA, 2012)
Status:- Approved in the EU.
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