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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 628<br />

NAME: Cupric gluconate<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/ Formulated liquid diets/ Infant formulae/ Meal replacements<br />

SYNONYMS: Bis(D-gluconato) copper/ Copper (II) gluconate/ Cupric gluconate/ CAS 527-09-3/ EINECS 208-408-2<br />

FORMULA: C12H22CuO14<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 453.85<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Cupric gluconate hydrate<br />

PROPERTIES: Odourless crystals; astringent taste. Good bioavailability, but may be altered in presence of other food<br />

components<br />

APPEARANCE: Light blue to blue-green crystalline powder<br />

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

in water: Very soluble @ 25°C 30 g/100 ml<br />

in ethanol solution: Slightly soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Enrichment, fortification or restoration<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Cupric sulphate<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Affects Vitamin C stability

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