Authoritative Conclusion Endorsement! Silicon Dioxide Rated as Highest Safety Level Food and Pharmaceutical Raw Material

Authoritative Conclusion Endorsement! Silicon Dioxide Rated as Highest Safety Level Food and Pharmaceutical Raw Material

The safety of food additives and pharmaceutical excipients has always been a hot topic of public concern. Relying on the authoritative safety assessment conclusions of the World Health Organization (WHO) and JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives), the safety properties of silicon dioxide have obtained unified international recognition: all core safety requirements of current standards fully align with the WHO/JECFA assessment system, and the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of silicon dioxide is classified as "not specified", categorizing it as a food and pharmaceutical raw material of the highest safety level.

Many consumers do not understand the meaning of the ADI value. ADI, or Acceptable Daily Intake, is the core indicator for measuring the safety of additives. International authoritative authorities will only mark ADI as "not specified" after fully conducting multiple toxicological studies and confirming that the substance has no hidden health risks under routine use, which is also the highest safety rating a food raw material can obtain.

This authoritative assessment conclusion has become an important reference for countries around the world to formulate relevant regulations and product standards. Silicon dioxide, used as an anti-caking agent in daily food and as an excipient in pharmaceutical preparations, has sufficient international scientific basis for its safety as long as it is added in accordance with standardized processes.

Industry experts introduced that unifying safety management requirements based on international safety assessments is not only conducive to regulating the high-quality development of the silicon dioxide industry, but also can eliminate market doubts about the safety of raw materials. With the continuous improvement of upstream and downstream standards, high-purity compliant silicon dioxide will be more widely and reliably applied in the food and pharmaceutical fields.