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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Flour Additives 556<br />

NAME: Sodium alumininium phosphate, acidic<br />

CATEGORY: Flour additive<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Baking powder<br />

SYNONYMS: E541<br />

FORMULA: Na3 Al2 H15(P O4)8 or Na Al3 H14(P O4)8.4H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 897.82 or 949.88<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White powder<br />

PURITY %: 95.0% minimum<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 40<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C Insoluble Soluble in dilute HCl<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Slow-acting acid raising agent<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Monocalcium orthophosphate; sodium acid pyrophosphate; glucono-delta-lactone<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: The major leavening action takes place only when the product is heated. Particularly suitable for cake<br />

mixes. Also used in refrigerated and frozen dough or batter products and in some baking powders.<br />

Blends of SALP with anhydrous monocalcium phosphate or with monocalcium phosphate monohydrate<br />

are suitable for a variety of purposes, including self-raising flour, fine-textured cakes and refrigerated<br />

pancake batters.<br />

SALP has a neutralising value of 100, and does not give rise to the bitter flavour associated, in<br />

particular, with pyrophosphates

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