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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 580<br />

NAME: Nicotinic acid<br />

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

FOOD USE: Cereals and cereal products/ Dairy products/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery/ Soft drinks<br />

SYNONYMS: Niacin (INCI)/ Vitamin B3/ 3-Picolinic acid/ Pyridine-3-carboxylic acid<br />

FORMULA: C6 H5 NO2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 123.12<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Niacinamide<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 236<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.473<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C Soluble<br />

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

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

pasta, meal replacements.<br />

Colour stabilisation in meat products (if permitted)<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Direct food additive

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