Quinine

Hazard level: Low health concern

What is Quinine?

Bitter compound extracted from cinchona bark, used to flavor tonic water and historically as a malaria treatment.

Is Quinine safe?

Quinine is considered low concern by food-safety agencies.

Score impact: −2 points on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 12 of 12,858 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA

Also known as

Quinine is also known as хинин, quinine — these all refer to the same ingredient.

quinine хинин

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