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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 576<br />

NAME: DL-a-Tocopheryl acetate<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive <strong>additives</strong><br />

FOOD USE: Dairy products/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery/ Edible oils and fats/ Cereals and cereal<br />

products<br />

SYNONYMS: Vitamin E acetate<br />

FORMULA: C31H52O3<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 472.75<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: DL-a-tocopherol/ Natural tocopherols<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Oily blends: slightly yellow viscous oil.<br />

Dry powders: slight yellowish free-flowing powder<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS bp0.01 184; bp0.025 194; bp0.3 224<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: -27.5<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 0.9533 (21.3/4°C)<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

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

in ethanol solution: @ 100% Soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Fortification of infant formulae, sugar and cocoa confectionery, oils and fats, fruit drinks, flour, liquid<br />

milk and milk powder, breakfast cereals<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Viscous oils are soluble in fat and oil; homogenising in a small amount of liquid is necessary prior to<br />

adding to milk, infant formulae and drinks.<br />

Dry powders are water-dispersible

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