Acesulfame K (E950)

Names on a label

• E950
• E 950
• Acesulfame K

Labels outside Europe often print the number on its own, without the E.

What regulators and scientists say

• EFSA set an acceptable daily intake of 15 mg per kilogram of body weight per day (April 12, 2020). For a 70 kg (154 lb) adult, that’s about 1.1 g a day.¹
• The FDA permits it as a food additive by regulation (21 CFR 172.800).²

An acceptable daily intake is, in EFSA’s words, “an estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water that can be consumed daily over a lifetime without presenting an appreciable risk to health.”³