Risk assessment of caffeine exposure from multiple sources

In our daily lives, we are exposed to caffeine from several sources. Food, dietary supplements and personal care products are examples of potential caffeine sources. Estimations of the Norwegian population’s total caffeine exposure therefore needs to include multiple sources.

With this background, the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) has self-initiated a risk assessment of caffeine including caffeine exposure estimates from multiple sources.

The assessment is scheduled for publication March 2021.

The members of the project group:

Monica Hauger Carlsen – Chair of the project group and member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Tove Gulbrandsen Devold - Member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Berit Granum – Member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Josef Daniel Rasinger - Member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Jens Rohloff - Member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Camilla Svendsen, member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics

Inger Therese L. Lillegaard – VKM Secretariat

Jostein Starrfelt – VKM Secretariat

Gro Haarklou Mathisen – Project manager, VKM Secretariat