# titanium dioxide
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/titanium-dioxide--905ecd5d
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/titanium-dioxide--905ecd5d.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **asset**

Also written as: Titanium dioxide · the additive · it

## Involved in

- [After August 7, 2022, foods containing titanium dioxide could no longer be sold in the EU.](https://truthscore.com/claim/14a579d0)
- [Experts could not exclude genotoxicity after people swallow titanium dioxide particles; absorption is low, but particles can accumulate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/19ff3416)
- [Titanium dioxide is a color additive according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2681a047)
- [Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 dropped E171 from the authorized list.](https://truthscore.com/claim/26b890d2)
- [JECFA called food-use titanium dioxide safe in 2023.](https://truthscore.com/claim/30f8aa81)
- [People encounter titanium dioxide in candy coatings, bakery products, and some tablets.](https://truthscore.com/claim/412459ff)
- [IARC classifies inhaled titanium dioxide dust as Group 2B—possibly carcinogenic—based on rat lung tumors; evidence in people was inadequate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/80a32c56)
- [Separate listings cover ingested drugs and cosmetics for titanium dioxide.](https://truthscore.com/claim/be01935a)
- [Titanium dioxide may be used in food at no more than 1 percent by weight under 21 CFR 73.575.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cc54d1e5)
- [Titanium dioxide is used for opacity and whiteness, not nutrition.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d8bf8cbc)