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High concernColour
E171

Titanium dioxide

A whitening pigment. The EU banned it in food in 2022 after EFSA said it could no longer be considered safe. It is still permitted in Great Britain.

What the evidence says

  1. 1EFSA could not rule out genotoxicity (damage to DNA)
  2. 2Banned as a food additive across the EU since 2022

Sources

EFSA’s scientific evaluation of E171 (opens in a new tab)

In a PureScan score

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