E508 Potassium chloride — is it halal?

Description

Potassium chloride E508 is a mineral salt: potash ores (sylvinite, carnallite) and brines (c1, c2), flotation and recrystallisation. Flotation collectors are fatty amines, incl. tallow-based, pig not excluded (c3–c6, c12); alcohol frothers (c7, c8). Commercial food KCl carries E504/E551 anti-caking agents (c13, c14). Other feedstocks: molasses stillage, corn steep water with ethanol, ash, wastes (c20–c28).

Names: Хлорид калия · Potassium chloride · كلوريد البوتاسيوم

Also known as: E 508, E-508, Е508, INS 508, Potassium chloride FCC, Sylvine, Sylvite, Sylvinite, Potash muriate, Muriate of potash, KCl, Калий хлористый, Калия хлорид, Хлористый калий, Сильвин

Category: Acidity regulators

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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