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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Flavour Enhancers 516<br />

NAME: Glycine<br />

CATEGORY: Flavour enhancer<br />

FOOD USE: Beverages/ Rendered fats/ Beverage base<br />

SYNONYMS: CAS 56-40-6/ EINECS 200-272-2/ FEMA 3287/ Hampshire glycine/ Aminoacetic acid/ Glycocoll/<br />

Glycolixir/ Aminoethanoic acid/ Gyn-Hydralin/ Glycosthene<br />

FORMULA: H2N·CH2·COOH<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 75.08<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Sodium glycinate<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Simplest amino acid, and the principal amino acid in sugar cane. White crystals; odourless, sweet taste.<br />

Soluble in water; insoluble in alcohol, ether. Decomposes at 233°C, and completely sintered at 290°C<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 232–236 (decomposition)<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.1607<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

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

in water: @ 50°C 39.1 g/100 ml @ 100°C 67.2 g/100 ml<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Buffering agent; flavour enhancer; sweetener; stabiliser; nutrient; dietary supplement; reduces bitter<br />

taste of saccharin; retards rancidity in animal and vegetable fats; chicken feed additive<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Aspartame; ethyl maltol; sucralose; thaumatin; ammoniated glycyrrhizin<br />

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: Moderately toxic by intravenous route; mildly toxic by ingestion. When heated to decomposition, will<br />

emit toxic fumes of NOx

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