Dimethylpolysiloxane
Level 2 — Generally safe
Dimethylpolysiloxane is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: E900, PDMS
Where you'll see it
KFC Hot Wings, deep-fried fast food
What the research says
Used as an antifoaming agent in fryer oils 'to ensure worker safety.' Hardly absorbed by the body and passes out unchanged. Van Tulleken's concern is not direct toxicity but that 'it occurs nowhere in nature ... evolution has had no time to accommodate it' — a marker of NOVA 4 industrial novelty rather than a defined acute hazard.
[ultra-processed-people] Used as an antifoaming agent in fryer oils 'to ensure worker safety.' Hardly absorbed by the body and passes out unchanged. Van Tulleken's concern is not direct toxicity but that 'it occurs nowhere in nature ... evolution has had no time to accommodate it' — a marker of NOVA 4 industrial novelty rather than a defined acute hazard.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 16: UPF destroys traditional diets: Dimethylpolysiloxane may very well be safe. Or it may be subtly harmful over a long period through some mechanism yet to be discovered. Either way, it occurs nowhere in nature