# Sodium (total)

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_sodium_total
Categories: food

> Sodium (total). Greenveil chemical-concern score: 20/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.. Compiled from 1 published data source.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 20/100 — Minor concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence in this assessment: High
- Is it a concern? Minor concern: no hazard classifications on record.
- Rationale: EFSA OpenFoodTox genotoxicity classification: Negative. Source: EFSA NDA 2005

## Regulatory status

- EU: EFSA opinion — Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies on a request from the Commission related to the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Sodium (EFSA NDA)

## Expert safety opinions

- JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives): no opinion on file.
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority): Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies on a request from the Commission related to the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Sodium (EFSA NDA) — 2005 — https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2005.209.

## Data sources

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

_Assessed by Greenveil._