The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a new, online tool designed to help the food industry and consumers estimate dietary exposure to food enzymes.

The Food Enzyme Intake Model (FEIM) web tool is the result of an effort initiated in 2016, bringing together data on the use of food enzymes in various manufacturing processes with information about the exposure of different population groups to food enzymes.  

Launched on the occasion of the first plenary meeting of EFSA’s new Food Enzymes (FEZ) Panel, the tool will enable users to obtain intake estimates for specific enzymes per manufacturing process, and also to calculate cumulative exposure from multiple manufacturing processes simultaneously. It is intended not only to support food enzyme manufacturers in compiling exposure data for application dossiers, but also empower consumers with information on their dietary exposure to food enzymes.

The FEIM web tool is freely accessible to anyone through the R4EU platform upon registration.