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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sequestrants 852<br />

NAME: Sodium polyphosphate<br />

CATEGORY: Sequestrant<br />

FOOD USE: Processed cheeses/ Cream powders and cream/ Bouillons and consommes/ Sweetened condensed milk/<br />

Luncheon meat and cured ham/ Cured pork/ Milk powders/ Frozen seafood/ Edible ices and ice mixes/<br />

Dried eggs/ Evaporated milk/ Canned fruit and vegetables/ Carbonated beverages/Alcoholic beverages<br />

SYNONYMS: Sodium hexametaphosphate/ Sodium tetraphosphate/ Graham salt/ Sodium metaphosphate/ INS 452/<br />

Insoluble sodium metaphosphate/ Sodium polyphosphate, glassy/ Sodium polyphosphate/ Sodium<br />

phymetaphosphate/ E450c<br />

FORMULA: (Na PO3)x x > 2 terminated by Na2 PO4<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 101.96–611.2<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Colourless, glassy transparent platelets or powders<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 628<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: Non-combustible<br />

PURITY %: 60–71<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 20<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C Very soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Decreases amount of cooked-out juice. Prevents staining on exterior of canned goods. Inactivates<br />

metallic ions; sequestering in canning of fruits and vegetables. Retards oxidation of unsaturated fats in<br />

aqueous food systems. Decreases growth of microbes; softens water for preparation of alcoholic

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