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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 632<br />

NAME: Ergocalciferol<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Breakfast cereals/ Cereal products/ Cornmeal/ Dairy products/ Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/<br />

Egg products/ Farina/ Fats and oils/ Formulated liquid diets/ Infant formulae/ Margarine/ Meal<br />

replacements/ Pasta/ Rice<br />

SYNONYMS: Calciferol/ Ercalciol/ Ergosterol, activated or irradiated/ Oleovitamin D2/ Viosterol/ Vitamin D/<br />

CAS 50-14-6/ EINECS 200-014-9<br />

FORMULA: C28H44O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 396.66<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: 7-dehydrocholesterol/ Ergosterol/ 7-Procholesterol<br />

PROPERTIES: Odourless<br />

APPEARANCE: Crystalline white powder<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 115–118<br />

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

in water: Insoluble<br />

in vegetable oil: Slightly soluble<br />

in propylene glycol: Soluble<br />

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

ALTERNATIVES: Vitamin D2<br />

ANTAGONISTS: Air; heat; light especially excess UV irradiation; oxygen<br />

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: Repeated daily dosages exceeding 400 IU for children and 1000 IU for adults should be avoided

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