Firming agent
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. They typically act by precipitating residual pectin.
Codex Alimentarius list
| Codex Alimentarius name | INS number |
Authorizations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | AU-NZ | USA | CAN | |||
| Aluminium ammonium sulfate | 523 | [note 1] | ✖ | G | ✔ | |
| Aluminium sulfate | 520 | [note 1] | ✖ | G | ✔ | |
| Aluminium sodium sulfate | 521 | [note 1] | ✖ | G | ✔ | |
| Calcium chloride | 509 | |||||
| Calcium citrates | 333 | |||||
| Monocalcium citrate | 333(i) | |||||
| Dicalcium citrate | 333(ii) | |||||
| Tricalcium citrate | 333(iii) | |||||
| Calcium gluconate | 578 | |||||
| Calcium hydroxide | 526 | |||||
| Calcium phosphates | 341 | |||||
| Monocalcium dihydrogen phosphate | 341(i) | |||||
| Calcium hydrogen phosphate | 341(ii) | |||||
| Tricalcium phosphate | 341(iii) | |||||
| Calcium sulfate | 516 | |||||
| Curdlan | 424 | |||||
| Magnesium chloride | 511 | |||||
| Magnesium gluconate | 580 | |||||
| Magnesium sulfate | 518 | |||||
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