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Niacinamide
Niacinamide
Niacinamide
What is it:
Niacinamide, or vitamin B3, serves as a food additive with multiple functions in the food industry. It acts as a nutrient supplement and may contribute to flavor and appearance. Niacinamide is naturally occurring in food but as an additive is typically synthesized through chemical processes, and involves steps like cyclization and purification to ensure food-grade quality.
Rating:
Niacinamide in food can help ensure adequate vitamin B3 levels in the body. Animal studies show some effects at very high doses, but human research has suggested only positive benefits. Niacinamide may be synthesized with chemicals such as ammonia, and while food-grade ammonia has been approved as safe for consumption, ammonia is toxic in industrial applications. Ammonia is a natural waste product made by your body from the metabolism of protein and is excreted in your urine.
Resources:
- Safety of high-dose niacinamide (review)
- Topical niacinamide improves skin (double-blinded randomized controlled trial)
- Niacinamide May Be Associated with Improved Outcomes in COVID-19-Related Acute Kidney Injury (observational study)
- Ammonia toxicity
How we rate ingredients
Health is like a bank account, certain ingredients make a deposit into your health bank, meaning they add to
your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:
Clean
It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.
Caution
It goes into one or more of the below categories
- It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
- It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)
We Avoid
It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)
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