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A '''firming agent''' is a [[food additive]] that makes or keeps tissues of fruit or vegetables firm and crisp, or interacts with [[gelling agent]]s to produce or strengthen a [[gel]]. They typically act by [[precipitation|precipitating]] residual [[pectin]].
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A '''firming agent''' is a [[food additive]] that makes or keeps tissues of fruit or vegetables firm and crisp, or interacts with [[gelling agent]]s to produce or strengthen a [[gel]].<ref name="Codex">{{FoodAdd Codex list}}.</ref> They typically act by [[precipitation|precipitating]] residual [[pectin]].
  
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium ammonium sulfate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium ammonium sulfate]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 182.1127
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1127
 
|-
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium sodium sulfate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium sodium sulfate]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1131
 
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|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium sulfate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Aluminium sulfate]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: Part 582 - Animal feed; REG, <2.0% in combo. w/<2.0% of 1-octenyl succinic anhydride -In modifying food starch -172.892; FEED,GMP/GRAS - 582.1125
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1125; <small>in modifying food starch, <&nbsp;2.0% in combination with [[1-octenyl succinic anhydride]] (<&nbsp;2.0%) 21 C.F.R. 172.892</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan = 2 | [[Calcium chloride]]  
 
| colspan = 2 | [[Calcium chloride]]  
 
| align=center | 509
 
| align=center | 509
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note">In infant food, <&nbsp;750&nbsp;mg/kg: section&nbsp;13.2, schedule&nbsp;1 to Standard&nbsp;1.3.1, [[Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code]].</ref>
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1193 (GMP); <small>in cheese and cheese products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;133; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;150</small>
| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 184.1193, Parts 131, 133, 150, 155 & 156 in Evaporated Milk; Cheese & Cheese Products; Part 133; VET, REG, For use in mastitis formulations for treating dairy animals - 526.820
 
 
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|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium citrate]]s  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium citrate]]s  
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note" name="CA-cheese">Allowed in cream cheese spread, processed cheese, processed cheese food, processed cheese spread, in accordance with the requirements of sections B.08.038, B.08.039, B.08.040, B.08.041, B.08.041.1, B.08.041.2, B.08.041.3 and B.08.041.4. Limits: <&nbsp;4.0% for calcium citrates; <&nbsp;3.5% for calcium hydrogen phosphate. Table&nbsp;IV to Division&nbsp;B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.</ref>
| rowspan=4 align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">Part 133, Process Cheese, Cheese Food & Spread, Part 150, Art Sw Fruit Jelly Preserves & Jam, Parts 155 & 156, certain canned vegetables; Part 31; Part 582 - Animal feeds; DS/NUTR, GRAS,GMP - 182.5195, 182.8195</ref>
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| rowspan=4 | <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1195; <small>in cheese and cheese products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;133; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;150</small>
 
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|-
 
| rowspan=3 | &nbsp;
 
| rowspan=3 | &nbsp;
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center | <ref group="note" name="ASP">The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested fully up-to-date toxicology information.</ref>
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested fully up-to-date toxicology information.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium hydroxide]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium hydroxide]]  
 
| align=center | 526
 
| align=center | 526
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note">In infant formula, GMP: section&nbsp;13.1, schedule&nbsp;1 to Standard&nbsp;1.3.1, [[Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code]].</ref>
| align=center style="color: #008000;" |
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | <ref group="note" name="CA-other">These compounds are not permitted as firming agents in Canada (Tables&nbsp;IV and VI to Division&nbsp;B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations), but have other permitted uses as food additives.</ref>
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">Part 155, Canned Peas; Part 135, Frozen Desserts; Part 582, Animal feeds - 184.1205</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1205; <small>in ice cream and frozen custard, as a modifier for concentrated skimmed milk 21 C.F.R. 135.110</small>
 
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|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium phosphate]]s  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium phosphate]]s  
 
| align=center | 341
 
| align=center | 341
| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in beverage whiteners (<&nbsp;30&nbsp;g/kg) or as specified for individual compounds: Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
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| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in beverage whiteners (<&nbsp;30&nbsp;g/kg) or as specified for individual compounds: Annex&nbsp;IV, Directive&nbsp;95/2/EC, as modified by Art.&nbsp;1.6 and Annex, Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| rowspan=4 align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note">Also specifically permitted in frozen fish, salts and condiments and wines (GMP): schedule&nbsp;1 to Standard&nbsp;1.3.1, [[Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code]].</ref>
 
| align=center | &nbsp;
 
| align=center | &nbsp;
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note" name="CaPO4">Part 150, Art Sw Jelly and Preserves; Part 136, Bread; DS/NUTR, GRAS, GMP - 182.5217, 182.8217</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217
 
|-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=3 | &nbsp;
 
| rowspan=3 | &nbsp;
 
| [[Monocalcium dihydrogen phosphate]]  
 
| [[Monocalcium dihydrogen phosphate]]  
 
| align=center | 341(i)
 
| align=center | 341(i)
| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in beverage whiteners for vending machines (<&nbsp;50&nbsp;g/kg): Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
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| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in beverage whiteners for vending machines (<&nbsp;50&nbsp;g/kg): Annex&nbsp;IV, Directive&nbsp;95/2/EC, as modified by Art.&nbsp;1.6 and Annex, Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">Part 150, Art Sw Jelly & Preserves; Part 155.200, Cnd Potatoes, Cnd Green or Red Sw Peppers, Canned Carrots; Part 155.190(a), Canned Tomatoes; Part 136, Bread; Part 582, Animal feeds</ref><br/><ref group="note" name="di-CaPO4">Part 137, Cereal Flours and other standardized foods</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.6215, 182.8217; <small>in bakery products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;136; in cereal flours and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;137; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;150</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Calcium hydrogen phosphate]]  
 
| [[Calcium hydrogen phosphate]]  
 
| align=center | 341(ii)
 
| align=center | 341(ii)
| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in edible ices (<&nbsp;1&nbsp;g/kg): Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
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| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in edible ices (<&nbsp;1&nbsp;g/kg): Annex&nbsp;IV, Directive&nbsp;95/2/EC, as modified by Art.&nbsp;1.6 and Annex, Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note" name="CA-cheese"/>
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note" name="di-CaPO4"/>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217; <small>in cereal flours and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;137</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Tricalcium phosphate]]  
 
| [[Tricalcium phosphate]]  
 
| align=center | 341(iii)
 
| align=center | 341(iii)
| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in desserts (<&nbsp;3&nbsp;g/kg) or in dry powdered dessert mixes (<&nbsp;7&nbsp;g/kg): Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
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| align=center | <ref group="note">Only in desserts (<&nbsp;3&nbsp;g/kg) or in dry powdered dessert mixes (<&nbsp;7&nbsp;g/kg): Annex&nbsp;IV, Directive&nbsp;95/2/EC, as modified by Art.&nbsp;1.6 and Annex, Directive&nbsp;98/72/EC.</ref>
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note" name="CaPO4"/>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217; <small>in cereal flours and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;137</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium sulfate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Calcium sulfate]]  
 
| align=center | 516
 
| align=center | 516
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔<br/><ref group="note">Specifically permitted in fruit wine, vegetable wine and mead (GMP): section&nbsp;14.2.4, schedule&nbsp;1 to Standard&nbsp;1.3.1, [[Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code]].</ref>
| align=center style="color: #008000;" |
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | <ref group="note">Allowed in ice cream and ice milk (<&nbsp;0.5%); sherbet (<&nbsp;0.75%); creamed cottage cheese (<&nbsp;0.05%); cream for whipping, heat-treated above 100&nbsp;°C (<&nbsp;0.005%); according to para.&nbsp;B.21.006(''n'') (<&nbsp;0.06%): Table&nbsp;IV to Division&nbsp;B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations. In tomatoes, canned vegetables and frozen or canned apples (<&nbsp;0.026% expressed as Ca): Table&nbsp;VI to Division&nbsp;B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.</ref>
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">Part 133, Cheese and Related Cheese Pdts; Part 137, Cereal Flours; Part 136, Bakery Pdts; Part 135, Frozen Desserts; Part 150, Art Sw. Jelly & Preserves; Part 155, Cnd Vegetables; Part 156, Cnd Tomatoes - 184.1230</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1230; <small>in cheese and cheese products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;133; in cereal flours and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;137; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21&nbsp;C.F.R.&nbsp;150</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Curdlan]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Curdlan]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
| align=center | <ref group="note">Use of curdlan has been reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but it has not yet been assigned for toxicology literature search: 172.809</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">✔</span>: 21 C.F.R. 172.809
 
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|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium chloride]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium chloride]]  
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center style="color: #008000;" |
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | <ref group="note">Allowed in tofu (<&nbsp;0.3%, calculated as the anhydrous salt): Table&nbsp;IV to Division&nbsp;B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.</ref>
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">172.560, Modified Hop Extract - 184.1426</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1426; <small>in modified hop extract 21&nbsp;C.F.R.172.560</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium gluconate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium gluconate]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | <ref group="note" name="ASP"/>
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested fully up-to-date toxicology information.
 
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|-
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium sulfate]]  
 
| colspan=2 | [[Magnesium sulfate]]  
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| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #ff0000;" | ✖
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
 
| align=center style="color: #008000;" | ✔
| align=center style="color: #008000;" |
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| align=center style="color: #008000;" | <ref group="note" name="CA-other"/>
| align=center | <span style="color: #008000;">'''G'''</span><br/><ref group="note">GMP - 182.5443, 184.1443</ref>
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| <span style="color: #008000;">'''GRAS'''</span>: 21 C.F.R. 184.1443
 
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|-
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| colspan=7 | References: <ref name="Codex"/><ref>Art.&nbsp;30, [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:354:0016:01:EN:HTML Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives], ''OJEU'' L354, 31.12.2008, pp&nbsp;16–33.</ref><ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31995L0002:EN:HTML European Parliament and Council Directive No 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners], ''OJEU'' L61, 18.3.1995, pp&nbsp;1–40.</ref><ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31998L0072:EN:HTML Directive 98/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 October 1998 amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners], ''OJEU'' L295, 4.11.1998, pp&nbsp;18–30.</ref><ref>[http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/foodstandards/foodstandardscode/standard131foodaddit4239.cfm Standard&nbsp;1.3.1], [[Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code]].</ref><ref>[http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showtdm/cr/C.R.C.-c.870 Food and Drug Regulations] (C.R.C., c.&nbsp;870).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr182_09.html Part&nbsp;182: Substances generally recognized as safe] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr172_09.html Part&nbsp;172: Food additives permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr184_09.html Part&nbsp;184: Direct food substances affirmed as generally recognized as safe] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr133_09.html Part&nbsp;133: Cheeses and related cheese products] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr150_09.html Part&nbsp;150: Fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr135_09.html Part&nbsp;135: Frozen desserts] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr136_09.html Part&nbsp;136: Bakery products] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref><ref>[[Code of Federal Regulations]], Title&nbsp;21: Food and Drugs, [http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_09/21cfr137_09.html Part&nbsp;137: Cereal flours and related products] (edition of April&nbsp;1, 2009).</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 11 December 2009

A firming agent is a food additive that makes or keeps tissues of fruit or vegetables firm and crisp, or interacts with gelling agents to produce or strengthen a gel.[1] They typically act by precipitating residual pectin.

Codex Alimentarius list

Codex Alimentarius name INS
number
Authorizations
EU AU-NZ CAN USA
Aluminium ammonium sulfate 523 [note 1] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1127
Aluminium sodium sulfate 521 [note 1] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1131
Aluminium sulfate 520 [note 1] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1125; in modifying food starch, < 2.0% in combination with 1-octenyl succinic anhydride (< 2.0%) 21 C.F.R. 172.892
Calcium chloride 509
[note 2]
GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1193 (GMP); in cheese and cheese products 21 C.F.R. 133; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21 C.F.R. 150
Calcium citrates 333
[note 3]
GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1195; in cheese and cheese products 21 C.F.R. 133; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21 C.F.R. 150
  Monocalcium citrate 333(i)
Dicalcium citrate 333(ii)
Tricalcium citrate 333(iii)
Calcium gluconate 578 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested fully up-to-date toxicology information.
Calcium hydroxide 526
[note 4]
[note 5] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1205; in ice cream and frozen custard, as a modifier for concentrated skimmed milk 21 C.F.R. 135.110
Calcium phosphates 341 [note 6]
[note 7]
  GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217
  Monocalcium dihydrogen phosphate 341(i) [note 8] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.6215, 182.8217; in bakery products 21 C.F.R. 136; in cereal flours and related products 21 C.F.R. 137; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21 C.F.R. 150
Calcium hydrogen phosphate 341(ii) [note 9]
[note 3]
GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217; in cereal flours and related products 21 C.F.R. 137
Tricalcium phosphate 341(iii) [note 10] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 182.1217, 182.8217; in cereal flours and related products 21 C.F.R. 137
Calcium sulfate 516
[note 11]
[note 12] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1230; in cheese and cheese products 21 C.F.R. 133; in cereal flours and related products 21 C.F.R. 137; in fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products 21 C.F.R. 150
Curdlan 424 : 21 C.F.R. 172.809
Magnesium chloride 511 [note 13] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1426; in modified hop extract 21 C.F.R.172.560
Magnesium gluconate 580 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested fully up-to-date toxicology information.
Magnesium sulfate 518 [note 5] GRAS: 21 C.F.R. 184.1443
References: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Only in egg white (< 30 mg/kg as total Al) or in candied, crystallized and glacé fruit and vegetables (< 200 mg/kg as total Al): Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC.
  2. In infant food, < 750 mg/kg: section 13.2, schedule 1 to Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Allowed in cream cheese spread, processed cheese, processed cheese food, processed cheese spread, in accordance with the requirements of sections B.08.038, B.08.039, B.08.040, B.08.041, B.08.041.1, B.08.041.2, B.08.041.3 and B.08.041.4. Limits: < 4.0% for calcium citrates; < 3.5% for calcium hydrogen phosphate. Table IV to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.
  4. In infant formula, GMP: section 13.1, schedule 1 to Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  5. 5.0 5.1 These compounds are not permitted as firming agents in Canada (Tables IV and VI to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations), but have other permitted uses as food additives.
  6. Only in beverage whiteners (< 30 g/kg) or as specified for individual compounds: Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC, as modified by Art. 1.6 and Annex, Directive 98/72/EC.
  7. Also specifically permitted in frozen fish, salts and condiments and wines (GMP): schedule 1 to Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  8. Only in beverage whiteners for vending machines (< 50 g/kg): Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC, as modified by Art. 1.6 and Annex, Directive 98/72/EC.
  9. Only in edible ices (< 1 g/kg): Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC, as modified by Art. 1.6 and Annex, Directive 98/72/EC.
  10. Only in desserts (< 3 g/kg) or in dry powdered dessert mixes (< 7 g/kg): Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC, as modified by Art. 1.6 and Annex, Directive 98/72/EC.
  11. Specifically permitted in fruit wine, vegetable wine and mead (GMP): section 14.2.4, schedule 1 to Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  12. Allowed in ice cream and ice milk (< 0.5%); sherbet (< 0.75%); creamed cottage cheese (< 0.05%); cream for whipping, heat-treated above 100 °C (< 0.005%); according to para. B.21.006(n) (< 0.06%): Table IV to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations. In tomatoes, canned vegetables and frozen or canned apples (< 0.026% expressed as Ca): Table VI to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.
  13. Allowed in tofu (< 0.3%, calculated as the anhydrous salt): Table IV to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Codex Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, 7th ed.; Codex Alimentarius Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2009. CAC/GL 36-1989, <http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/7/CXG_036e.pdf>.
  2. Art. 30, Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives, OJEU L354, 31.12.2008, pp 16–33.
  3. European Parliament and Council Directive No 95/2/EC of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners, OJEU L61, 18.3.1995, pp 1–40.
  4. Directive 98/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 October 1998 amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners, OJEU L295, 4.11.1998, pp 18–30.
  5. Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  6. Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870).
  7. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 182: Substances generally recognized as safe (edition of April 1, 2009).
  8. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 172: Food additives permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption (edition of April 1, 2009).
  9. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 184: Direct food substances affirmed as generally recognized as safe (edition of April 1, 2009).
  10. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 133: Cheeses and related cheese products (edition of April 1, 2009).
  11. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 150: Fruit butters, jellies, preserves, and related products (edition of April 1, 2009).
  12. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 135: Frozen desserts (edition of April 1, 2009).
  13. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 136: Bakery products (edition of April 1, 2009).
  14. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 137: Cereal flours and related products (edition of April 1, 2009).

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