Saponins
In the body: no agency opinion we hold names an effect at the amounts found in food, so it is shown for context, not rated.
Not rated by dose: a flag on one reviewed food, dry quinoa.
Background. Shown, not scored: no dose basis at normal intake, a classification rather than a risk, or legal limits only.
The reference value and where it comes from
- The agency’s figureno agency dose value
- Basisquinoa saponins (no agency limit)
- Source ?Mhada 2020
Reviewed foods that carry it
1 reviewed food carries it; none is rated by dose.
How often you can eat it ?
No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.
Flags and context, not rated by dose
Quinoa, dryContext
Mhada 2020 · grade B ?
How it’s rated
No agency limit or reference value exists for quinoa saponins. The paper cites a human bitterness-detection threshold of 0.11%; polished grain exceeds it, boiled polished grain (0.06) does not. Haemolytic in principle; rat and Caco-2 permeability effect (Ballegaard 2021). Context only; not scored.
Intake: n/a
Measured on: Mhada 2020, two Moroccan-grown cultivars, colorimetric: raw 1.41 to 2.03 g/100 g dry matter; polished 0.42 to 0.51; polished and boiled 0.06