Open AccessCalcium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate and zinc ascorbate added for nutritional purposes in food supplements
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.994
Subject(s) - food safety , european commission , food additive , food science , chemistry , european union , business , economic policy
Following a request from the European Commission to the European Food Safety Authority, the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food has been asked to provide a scientific opinion on the safety of calcium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate and zinc ascorbate added for nutritional purposes to food supplements as sources of calcium, magnesium, zinc and vitamin C, and on the bioavailability of the nutrient cations from these sources as well as the vitamin C bioavailability from magnesium ascorbate and zinc ascorbate.