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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CALCIUM ASCORBATE
INS: 302
Chemical names: CALCIUM ASCORBATE DIHYDRATE; CALCIUM SALT OF 2,3-DIDEHYDRO-L-THREO-HEXONO- 1,4-LACTONE DIHYDRATE
Functional class: ANTIOXIDANT
Latest evaluation: 1981
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Group ADI for ascorbic acid and its sodium, potassium and calcium salts
Report: TRS 669-JECFA 25/32
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 16-JECFA 25/52
Previous status: 1981, FNP 19-JECFA 25/51; COMPENDIUM/269. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Calcium ascorbate (WHO Food Additives Series 16)