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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Emulsifiers 388<br />

NAME: Stearyl tartrate<br />

CATEGORY: Emulsifier<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Bread<br />

SYNONYMS: E483<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Cream to pale yellow paste<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 67–77<br />

PURITY %: Total tartaric acid min 18%, max 35%<br />

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

ppm:<br />

ASH MAXIMUM IN %: 5<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Dough conditioning function very good; crumb softening function fair.<br />

ALTERNATIVES: DATEM/ SSL/ CSL<br />

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

Not listed E483<br />

EC Directive 95/2 (OJ No.L61, 18.3.95) Miscellaneous Additives (Enacted in UK as<br />

Statutory Instrument 1995 No.3187) Schedule 3 (Other permitted Miscellaneous<br />

Additives) Purity Criteria laid down in EC Directive 78/663 (OJ No.L223, 14.7.78)<br />

ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Acid value max 6; Unsaponifiable matter 77–83%; Iodine value max 4<br />

Listed in EC, but rarely used. DATEM preferred

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