Acceptable Daily Intake

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition

Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) The amount of a food additive that could be taken daily for an entire life‐span without appreciable risk. Determined by measuring the highest dose of the substance that has no effect on experimental animals, then dividing by a safety factor of 100. Substances that are not given an ADI are regarded as having no adverse effect at any level of intake. See also No effect level.

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