What is the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI)?
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) defines Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) as “An estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water, expressed on a body-weight basis, that can be ingested daily over a lifetime without appreciable risk (standard human = 60 kg). The ADI is listed in units of mg [milligram] per kg [kilogram] of body weight.” Consuming more than the ADI does not mean an effect will occur because the ADI includes a wide margin of safety above what is deemed the “No Observed Effect Level.” JECFA has assigned an ADI of four mg/kg bw for steviol glycosides, expressed as steviol.
