OLEIC ACID

Overview

Chemical Names
(Z)-OCTADECA-9-ENOIC ACID
JECFA number
333
COE number
13
FEMA number
2815
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1998

ADI:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent

Comments:
The 1988 group ADI of "not specified" for the salts of oleic acid (calcium, potassium, sodium) was maintained at the fifty-first meeting (1998)
Tox Monograph: 
Previous Years:
1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/180. N
1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/180. N