# (+)-Malic acid

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_dtxsid_dtxsid90892496
Categories: industrial
Identifier: DTXSID90892496

> (+)-Malic acid. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 0/100 — Low concern — well-established and permitted without restriction (FDA GRAS; JECFA ADI not specified; EU food additive).. Compiled from 5 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 0/100 — Low concern — well-established and permitted without restriction (FDA GRAS; JECFA ADI not specified; EU food additive).
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Low concern: no hazard classifications on record.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.

## Regulatory status

- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

## Data sources

- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated 2020-08-31): https://www.drugbank.ca/drugs?utf8=%E2%9C%93&approved=0&nutraceutical=0&illicit=0&investigational=0&withdrawn=0&experimental=0&experimental=1&us=0&ca=0&eu=0&commit=Apply+Filter
- 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
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:P750Y95K96
- PubChem Live Enrichment (updated 2026-05-17): https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/92824

_Assessed by Greenveil._