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Folates

40/100 · High conf.

Concern score

40/100Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.
High confidence

Folates in plain language

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Folates yet.

Is it a concern?
Moderate concern: no hazard classifications on record.

Why it's flagged

EFSA OpenFoodTox genotoxicity classification: No data. Source: EFSA NDA 2014

The score describes this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from published classifications and regulatory status — not the safety of any product it appears in.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Folates appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUEFSAEFSA opinionScientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for folate (EFSA NDA)
    • Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for folate (EFSA NDA)Source →
  • EUEFSAReport from international authorityOpinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Folate (SCF)
    • Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Folate (SCF)Source →

Expert safety opinions

Independent scientific assessments cited by the records we hold, with the year and link where the record gives one.

  • JECFA

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

    No JECFA evaluation on file.

  • EFSA

    European Food Safety Authority

    • Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for folate (EFSA NDA)

      2014 · EU EFSA listing · Read the source →

    • Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Folate (SCF)

      2000 · EU EFSA listing · Read the source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Folates yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

  • EFSA OpenFoodTox

    regulatory · updated 2026-10-04

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.

Good fit

The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.

Fragrance avoidance

No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.

Good fit

This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.