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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Antioxidants 84<br />

NAME: Calcium ascorbate<br />

CATEGORY: Antioxidant<br />

FOOD USE: Meat products/ Concentrated dairy products<br />

SYNONYMS: E302<br />

FORMULA: C12 H14 Ca O12 · 2H2O<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White to slight yellow odourless crystalline powder<br />

PURITY %: Not less than 98<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC METAL MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 25°C 55%<br />

in vegetable oil: @ 25°C Insoluble<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 25°C Insoluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Antioxidant, vitamin C source and functions as a meat colour preservative<br />

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: When heated to decomposition, it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes<br />

LEGISLATION: USA: UK: EUROPE:<br />

FDA approved approved listed<br />

REFERENCES: <strong>Food</strong> Chemical Codex. 1981. 3rd edition. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.<br />

Ash, M., and Ash, I. (1995) Hand<strong>book</strong> of <strong>Food</strong> Additives. Gower Publishing Inc., Hampshire, UK.

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