# Silver hydrosol

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid601022160
Categories: food
Identifier: DTXSID601022160

> Silver hydrosol. 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: EPA DSSTox provides the canonical identifier, structure, and synonym profile for this chemical.

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Safety and bioavailability of silver hydrosol as a source of silver added for nutritional purposes to food supplements (EFSA ANS)
- EU: EFSA statement — Inability to assess the safety of a silver hydrosol added for nutritional purposes as a source of silver in food supplements and the bioavailability of silver from this source based on the supporting dossier (EFSA ANS)

## Expert safety opinions

- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Safety and bioavailability of silver hydrosol as a source of silver added for nutritional purposes to food supplements (EFSA ANS) — 2018 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5237; Inability to assess the safety of a silver hydrosol added for nutritional purposes as a source of silver in food supplements and the bioavailability of silver from this source based on the supporting dossier (EFSA ANS) — 2008 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2008.884.

## Data sources

- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-04): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114
- EPA DSSTox Identifiers (updated 2025-12-29): https://epa.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Chemistry_Dashboard_Data_DSSTox_Identifiers_Mapped_to_CAS_Numbers_and_Names/5588566

_Assessed by Greenveil._