Sodium aluminosilicate
| Sodium aluminosilicate (amorphous) | |
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| Other names | E554 |
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Sodium aluminosilicates, sometimes called sodium silicoaluminates (especially in the United States), are a large class of compounds of general formula Na(2x)Al(2y)SizO(x+3y+2z)·mH2O, also written as xNa2O·yAl2O3·zSiO2·mH2O. They occur widely in nature as feldspars and other aluminosilicate minerals, and are also produced artificially on a large scale as zeolites, especially for use in laundry powders.[1]
Amorphous sodium aluminosilicate is manufactured for use as an anticaking agent in food (INS 554).[2][3] It is "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) at levels of less than 2% in the United States,[4] and is also approved for use in Australia and New Zealand,[5] Canada[6] and (in a limited range of products)[note 1] in the European Union.[7][8][9][10]
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Notes
- ↑ Only dried powdered foodstuffs (including sugars), salt and salt substitutes, sliced or grated hard, semi-hard and processed cheese and cheese analogues (< 10 g/kg total anticaking agents); seasonings and tin-greasing products (< 30 g/kg total anticaking agents); chewing gum, rice, food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC, foodstuffs in tablet and coated tablet form (quantum satis); sausages and confectionery (excluding chocolate; suface treatment only, quantum satis): Annex IV, Directive 95/2/EC, as modified by Art. 1.6 and Annex, Directive 98/72/EC and by Art. 1.3 and Annex I, Directive 2006/52/EC.
References
- ↑ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements; Pergamon: Oxford, 1984; pp 141–16. ISBN 0-08-022057-6.
- ↑ 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>.
- ↑ Sodium aluminosilicate; FAO/WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), 2006, <http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/monograph3/additive-391.pdf>.
- ↑ Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 182: Substances generally recognized as safe (edition of April 1, 2009).
- ↑ Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
- ↑ Table X to Division B.16, Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Annex IV, 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.
- ↑ Art. 1.6 and Annex, 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.
- ↑ Art. 1.3 and Annex I, Directive 2006/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 amending Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs, OJEU, L204, 26.07.2006, pp 10–22.
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