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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 602<br />

NAME: Niacinamide<br />

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

FOOD USE: Cereals and cereal products/ Dairy products<br />

SYNONYMS: Niacin/ Nicotinamide/ 3-Pyridinecarboxamide/ Nicotinic acid amide<br />

FORMULA: C5 H4 NCONH2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 122.13<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Nicotinic acid<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 129<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.40<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 formulas, fruit drinks, sugar and cocoa confectionery,<br />

pasta, meal replacements.<br />

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

Addition level 50–100 ppm<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: One gram dissolves in about 1 ml water, in about 1.5 ml alcohol, and in 10 ml glycerol

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