FEMA GRAS assessment of natural flavor complexes: lemongrass oil, chamomile oils, citronella oil and related flavoring ingredients.
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In 2015, the Expert Panel of the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) initiated a program for the re-evaluation of the safety of over 250 natural flavor complexes (NFCs) used as flavor ingredients. This publication, eleventh in the series, evaluates the safety of NFCs characterized by primary alcohol, aldehyde, carboxylic acid, ester and lactone constituents derived from terpenoid biosynthetic pathways and/or lipid metabolism. The scientific-based evaluation procedure published in 2005 and updated in 2018 that relies on a complete constituent characterization of the NFC and organization of the constituents into congeneric groups. The safety of the NFCs is evaluated using the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) concept in addition to data on estimated intake, metabolism and toxicology of members of the congeneric groups and for the NFC under evaluation. The scope of the safety evaluation does not include added use in dietary supplements or any products other than food. Twenty-three NFCs, derived from the Hibiscus, Melissa, Ricinus, Anthemis, Matricaria, Cymbopogon, Saussurea, Spartium, Pelargonium, Levisticum, Rosa, Santalum, Viola, Cryptocarya and Litsea genera were affirmed as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) under their conditions of intended use as flavor ingredients based on an evaluation of each NFC and the constituents and congeneric groups therein.
Date Issued
2023-05
Date Acceptance
2023-02-25
Citation
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2023, 175, pp.1-30
ISSN
0278-6915
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
30
Journal / Book Title
Food and Chemical Toxicology
Volume
175
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-
nc-nd/4.0/)
nc-nd/4.0/)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36870670
PII: S0278-6915(23)00099-6
Subjects
Absolutes and extracts
Acid and ester constituents
aldehyde
Essential oils
GRAS
Natural Flavor Complex
Primary alcohol
Safety evaluation
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
113697
Date Publish Online
2023-03-03