On June 14, 2021, the European Food Safety Authority scientific opinions on the Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided the “Safety of long‐chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia” (also called AM‐1) as a food additive preservative in beverages.
The scope of the assessment on AM-1 is highlighted as follows:
- A purified mixture of long‐chain glycolipid congeners obtained by fermentation of the edible non‐genetically modified fungus Dacryopinax spathularia.
- Low oral bioavailability and toxicology data do not demonstrate any adverse effects of the proposed food additive.
- Based on the data study, an ADI of 10 mg/kg bw per day based on a range of no-observed-adverse-effect between 1,000 and 1,423 mg/kg bw per day (the highest doses tested) tested on rats.
- At the proposed maximum use levels, the exposure estimates ranged at the mean from 0.01 to 1.07 mg/kg bw per day and at the p95 from 0 to 3.1 mg/kg mg/kg bw per day.
- The highest estimate of exposure of 3.1 mg/kg bw per day (in toddlers) is within the established ADI of 10 mg/kg bw per day
EFSA concluded that the exposure to long‐chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia does not raise a safety concern.
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