Flour treatment agent
In food science, a flour treatment agent is a food additive that is added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality or colour.[1]
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Codex Alimentarius list
Flour treatment agents
| Codex Alimentarius name | INS number |
Authorizations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | AU-NZ | CAN | USA | |||
| Sodium metabisulfite | 223 | |||||
| (L)-Ascorbic acid | 300 | |||||
| Calcium lactate | 327 | |||||
| Ammonium lactate | 328 | |||||
| Magnesium lactate | 329 | |||||
| Calcium phosphates | 341 | |||||
| Ammonium phosphates | 342 | |||||
| Stearyl tartrate | 483 | |||||
| Ammonium chloride | 510 | |||||
| Calcium sulfate | 516 | |||||
| Ammonium sulfate | 517 | |||||
| Calcium oxide | 529 | |||||
| Calcium iodate | 916 | |||||
| Potassium iodate | 917 | |||||
| Nitrogen oxides | 918 | |||||
| Nitrosyl chloride | 919 | |||||
| L-Cysteine | 920 | |||||
| L-Cystine | 921 | |||||
| Potassium persulfate | 922 | |||||
| Ammonium persulfate | 923 | |||||
| Potassium bromate | 924a | |||||
| Calcium bromate | 924b | |||||
| Chlorine dioxide | 926 | |||||
| Azodicarbonamide | 927a | |||||
| Urea | 927b | |||||
| Benzoyl peroxide | 928 | |||||
| Acetone peroxide | 929 | |||||
| Calcium peroxide | 930 | |||||
| Amylases | 1100 | |||||
| Proteases | 1101 | |||||
Flour bleaching agent
| Codex Alimentarius name | INS number |
Authorizations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | AU-NZ | CAN | USA | |||
| Chlorine | 925 | |||||
Dough conditioners
| Codex Alimentarius name | INS number |
Authorizations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | AU-NZ | CAN | USA | |||
| Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol | 472c | |||||
| Calcium oxide | 529 | |||||
Notes and references
Notes
References
- ↑ Codex Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, 7th ed.; Codex Alimentarius Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2009. CAC/GL 36-1989, <http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/7/CXG_036e.pdf>.
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