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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sequestrants 838<br />

NAME: Glucono-delta-lactone<br />

CATEGORY: Sequestrant<br />

FOOD USE: Jelly powder/ Dessert mixes/ Fish/ Sausages/ Luncheon meat/ Frankfurters/ Cooked chopped meat<br />

SYNONYMS: d-D-Gluconolactone/ Gluconolactone/ D-Gluconic acid, d-lactone/ D-Glucono-1,5-lactone/ GDL/<br />

INS 575/ E575<br />

FORMULA: C6 H10O6<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 178.14<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Fine white, odourless powder<br />

BOILING POINT: 4351 (decomposes at 153°C)<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 61.7<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS Negligible<br />

TEMPERATURES IN mm Hg:<br />

PURITY %: 99<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 1<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 20<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Leavening agent in jelly powder and soft drink powder. Used in the dairy industry to prevent milk<br />

stone. Used in breweries to prevent milk stone. Speeds up colour fixing process in smoked meats.<br />

Acidulant in dessert mixes

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