# Folates

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Categories: food

> Folates. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 40/100 — Moderate concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 1 published data source.

## 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 NDA 2014

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for folate (EFSA NDA)
- EU: Report from international authority — Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Folate (SCF)

## Expert safety opinions

- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for folate (EFSA NDA) — 2014 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3893; Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Folate (SCF) — 2000 — http://dx.doi.org/s://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/sci-com_scf_out80e_en.pdf.

## Data sources

- EFSA OpenFoodTox (updated 2026-10-04): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8120114

_Assessed by Greenveil._