# Quinine hydrochloride

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_130_89_2
Categories: food, industrial
Functions: Flavouring
Identifier: 130-89-2

> Quinine hydrochloride: Used in consumer products as a flavouring. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 2 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record.
- Rationale: EFSA OpenFoodTox genotoxicity classification: No data. Source: EFSA AFC 2009

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 35, Revision 1 (FGE.35Rev1): Three quinine salts from the Priority list from chemical group 30 (EFSA CEF)
- EU: EFSA opinion — Flavouring Group Evaluation 35, (FGE.35)1 : Three quinine salts from the Priority list from chemical group 30 Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (EFSA AFC)
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.

## Expert safety opinions

- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 35, Revision 1 (FGE.35Rev1): Three quinine salts from the Priority list from chemical group 30 (EFSA CEF) — 2015 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4245; Flavouring Group Evaluation 35, (FGE.35)1 : Three quinine salts from the Priority list from chemical group 30 Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (EFSA AFC) — 2009 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.739.

## Data sources

- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-02): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated February 8, 2019): http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemicalsafety/flavouring/database/

_Assessed by Greenveil._