03. July 2018

The French authorities communicated the plan to ban Titan Dioxide from food products by end to this year. Who will follow the French example? What will be the impact for the pharmaceutical industry? How fast this will happen? What are the consequences on existing formulations in respect of such a change? What are your concerns?

17. June 2018

For decades, TiO2 is used as a white pigment due toits very high opacity and brightness. Therefore, it has a wide range of applications, from colouring ingredient of pharmaceutical film coating, to food application colouring. On the basis of current discussions on a new classification and labelling of TiO2 and EFSA’s re-evaluation of TiO2 (E171) as a food additive, BIOGRUND is committed to offer alternatives for common film coating formulations.

22. May 2018

France is to suspend a widely used food additive found in sweets, pastries and even bread by the end of the year, after studies suggested it may cause cancer. Titanium dioxide is used mainly as a whitening and brightening agent in candies, chewing gum, white sauces and cake icing, is known as the artificial colour E171 on food labels. It is also used in sunscreens because of the molecule's ability to reflect ultra-violet rays. “We want to suspend the use of this substance as a food additive...