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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 642<br />

NAME: Magnesium carbonate hydroxide<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Alimentary pastes/ Breakfast cereals/ Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/ Egg products/ Flour/<br />

Formulated liquid diets/ Infant formulae<br />

SYNONYMS: Magnesite/ Magnesium carbonate basic/ Magnesium hydroxide carbonate/ CAS 12125-28-9,<br />

39409-82-0/ EINECS 235-192-7<br />

FORMULA: Approx. (MgCO3)4·Mg(OH)2·5H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: Approx. 485.7<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Aluminium magnesium hydroxide carbonate<br />

PROPERTIES: Odourless, tasteless to chalky. Excellent bioavailability, but may be altered in presence of other food<br />

components; slightly effervescent in water<br />

APPEARANCE: White powder<br />

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

in water: Soluble in about 3300 parts CO2-free water; more soluble in water containing CO2<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Enrichment, fortification or restoration. Also used as anticaking agent, flour conditioner, lubricant, pH<br />

control agent, processing aid, release agent<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Magnesium carbonate/ Magnesium chloride/ Magnesium hydroxide/ Magnesium oxide/ Magnesium<br />

phosphate dibasic/ Magnesium stearate/ Magnesium sulphate

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