Artificial colors

Is titanium dioxide clean?

No. Our rubric flags titanium dioxide under artificial colors (evidence: regulatory action). Banned as a food additive in the EU since 2022 because genotoxicity could not be ruled out. In the EU: not authorized in eu food.

Artificial colors Regulatory action

Penalty 40 of 100 · Balanced and Strict profiles

Banned as a food additive in the EU since 2022 because genotoxicity could not be ruled out.

Source: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 removing titanium dioxide (E171) from food after EFSA's 2021 opinion that genotoxicity could not be ruled out

Banned or restricted in the EU Regulatory action

Penalty 40 of 100 · Balanced and Strict profiles

Removed from the EU's list of food additives in 2022.

Source: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/63 removing titanium dioxide (E171) from food after EFSA's 2021 opinion that genotoxicity could not be ruled out

Also on labels as

e171

In the EU

Not authorized in EU food (E171). Removed from the list of food additives in 2022.

Low-FODMAP status

Coming soon: whether it is low-FODMAP and at what serving.

Related ingredients

From Gutlog's clean ingredient rubric, version 2026.11.0. Ask your assistant "is this clean?" with a photo of the label and Gutlog checks every ingredient. General information, not medical advice.