Table: Highest reported intake estimates for aspartame
| Consumer group |
Country |
Mean consumer intake in
mg/kg bw/d |
High level consumer intake in mg/kg bw/d
(percentile quoted) |
Reference |
| * Using maximum permitted level of sweeteners in different food categories (Tier 2 approach). All the other figures are derived using actual sweetener levels present in foods."
|
| Children
1-5 years old |
UK |
- |
2.8 (90) |
Hinson & Nicol,
1992 |
| Children
1-5 years old |
UK |
- |
2.8 (90) |
Hinson & Nicol,
1992 |
| Children
1-6 years old |
Finland |
- |
< 4 (-) |
Salminen & Penttilä, 1999 |
| All ages |
Netherlands |
2.4 |
7.5 (95) |
Butchko & Stargel, 2001 |
| All ages |
Norway |
3.4 |
- |
Butchko & Stargel, 2001 |
| Diabetics*
2-20 years old |
France |
2.4 |
7.8 (97.5) |
Garnier-Sagne
et al., 2001 |
| Diabetics
2-65 years old |
UK |
- |
10.1 (97.5) |
MAFF, 1995 |
Source: EC-SCF
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