Estimation of Daily Intake of Chemically Synthesized Natural Food Additives from Processed Foods in Japan

The raw materials of processed foods were purchased at twelve places acccording to the “market basket” approach. The contents of 49 natural food additives in the purchased raw materials were analyzed. The amounts of chemically synthesized natural food additives used in food processing were calculated by subtracting the contents in raw materials from the contents in the processed foods. Total daily intake of chemically synthesized natural food additives from processed foods was suggested to be about 3g.