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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 610<br />

NAME: Ascorbyl palmitate<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Beverages/ Baked goods/ Breads/ Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/ Evaporated milk/ Extruded<br />

cereals/ Fats and oils/ Fat-based products/ Formulated liquid diets/ Infant formulae/ Meal replacements/<br />

Processed potatoes/ Skim milk/ Uncured frozen sausages<br />

SYNONYMS: L-Ascorbic acid 6-hexadecanoate/ Palmitoyl L-ascorbic acid/ Vitamin C/ CAS 137-66-6/ EINECS<br />

205-305-4/ E304<br />

FORMULA: C22H38O7<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 414.52<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Calcium ascorbate/ Sodium ascorbate<br />

PROPERTIES: Citrus odour. Not heat-stable<br />

APPEARANCE: White to yellowish crystalline powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 113–114<br />

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

in vegetable oil: 30 mg per 100 ml<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Enrichment, fortification and restoration. Also used as antioxidant for fats and oils, colour preservative,<br />

emulsifier, sequestrant, stabiliser<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Optimum pH is between 5 and 7<br />

SYNERGISTS: a-Tocopherol<br />

ANTAGONISTS: Oxidation; light; minerals; heat-labile in neutral environments, but less so in highly acidic<br />

environments

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