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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 652<br />

NAME: Retinol<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Breakfast cereals/ Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/ Egg products/ Fats and oils/ Formulated liquid<br />

foods/ Infant formulae/ Liquid milk/ Margarine/ Meal replacements/ Milk powder<br />

SYNONYMS: All trans-retinol/ Axerophthol/ Vitamin A/ Vitamin A alcohol/ CAS 68-26-8<br />

FORMULA: C20H30O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 286.46<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Retinal/ Retinyl acetate/ Retinyl palmitate<br />

APPEARANCE: Oily blends: yellow oil stabilised with tocopherol or BHA/BHT. Dry powder: light yellow fine granular<br />

powder with antioxidants<br />

MELTING RANGE (°C): 54–58 / 62–64 (depending on form)<br />

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

in water: Practically insoluble<br />

in vegetable oil: Soluble<br />

in ethanol solution: Soluble<br />

in propylene glycol: Soluble<br />

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

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Oily blends may crystallise upon storage; homogenise in small amount of liquid prior to adding to milk<br />

and infant formulae. Dry powders dispersible in water<br />

SYNERGISTS: pH > 6<br />

ANTAGONISTS: Agitation; extreme heat; light; oxygen; minerals, especially in the presence of high humidity and<br />

moisture

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