Potassium aluminium silicate

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Potassium aluminium silicate (amorphous)
Other names E555
Identifiers
CAS number [1327-44-2]
EC number 215-479-3
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Potassium aluminium silicate is an artificial food additive used as an anticaking agent (INS 555).[1] Potassium aluminosilicates also occur naturally, as the mineral orthoclase (KAlSi3O8) and as other aluminosilicate minerals.

References

  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>.