E401 Sodium alginate — is it halal?
Description
The sodium salt of alginic acid from brown seaweed: a thickener, stabiliser and gelling agent. The seaweed is treated with alkali, alginic acid is recovered (c2, E400 dossier) and neutralised with soda ash or NaOH — at some producers in ethanol (c5) or isopropanol (c6); ethanol residue up to 500–1000 ppm. Links: shells and possible molluscs/crustaceans on the raw material (c3, c4), formalin (c8), phosphates (c14–c17)
Names: Альгинат натрия · Sodium alginate · ألجينات الصوديوم
Also known as: E 401, E-401, Е401, Е 401, INS 401, INS No. 401, натрия альгинат, натриевая соль альгиновой кислоты, альгин, альгинат Na, sodium salt of alginic acid, alginic acid, sodium salt, algin, algin gum, sodium polymannuronate
Category: Thickeners
Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008
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