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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Emulsifiers 374<br />

NAME: Sodium stearoyl lactylate<br />

CATEGORY: Emulsifier<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Bread/ Shortening/ Coffee whiteners/ Biscuits<br />

SYNONYMS: E481/ SSL/ Sodium stearyl-2-lactylate<br />

FORMULA: CH3·CHOCO[CHOCO(CH2)16·CH3)]CH3·COONa<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 459<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White powder, flakes or beads<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 42–52<br />

PURITY %: Total lactic acid (free + combined) min 15%, max 40%; sodium min 2.5%, max 5%<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10 (as Pb)<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Excellent dough-strengthener and crumb-softener in bread. (See also references to DATEM and<br />

distilled monoglycerides.)<br />

Improves fat particle distribution in coffee whiteners and improves whitening effect.<br />

Effective in reduction of fat in biscuits.<br />

Amylose complexing index 72 (very good).<br />

HLB value 10–12 (medium polarity).<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Combination of DATEM and distilled monoglycerides/ sucrose esters<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: In bread: dough-strengthener and crumb-softener when used at levels of 0.3–0.5%.<br />

Fat-reducing agent in biscuits (use at 0.125–0.5%).

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