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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Solvents 874<br />

NAME: Castor oil<br />

CATEGORY: Solvent, release agent<br />

FOOD USE: Butter/ Margarine/ Hard candy/ Vitamin and mineral tablets<br />

SYNONYMS: Ricinus oil/ Oil of Palma Christi/ Tangantangan oil/ Neoloid/ INS 1503/ CAS 8001-79-4/ Phorbyol/<br />

Aromatic castor oil<br />

FORMULA: N/A<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Pale yellow or almost colourless clear liquid<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS 313F (156°C)<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: -12<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: 230<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 0.952–0.966<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

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

in vegetable oil: @ 20°C Soluble in fixed oils<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 95% 100<br />

in propylene glycol: Slightly soluble in light petroleum, miscible in glacial acetic acid, chloroform and ether<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Carrier solvent for colouring agents: oil-soluble annatto butter colour, annatto butter colour, annatto<br />

margarine colour. Also used as a release agent and anti-sticking agent in the manufacture of<br />

confections

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