Aluminium silicate

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Aluminium silicate (amorphous)
Other names E559
Identifiers
CAS number [1335-30-4]
EC number 215-628-2
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

Aluminium silicate is a food additive used as an anticaking agent (INS 555).[1] It is the standardised name given to food-grade kaolin.[2]

Aluminium silicate is permitted as an anticaking agent for a limited range of food products[note 1] in the European Union.[3][4][5][6] It is also permitted in Australia and New Zealand[7] but not in Canada,[8] and there is no record of its use in the United States.

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Notes

  1. 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.

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