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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ASCORBYL STEARATE
INS: 304ii
Chemical names: ASCORBYL STEARATE; L-ASCORBYL STEARATE; 6-STEAROYL-3-KETO-L-GULOFURANOLACTONE; 2,3-DEHYDRO-L-THREO-HEXONO-1,4-LACTONE-6-STEARATE
Synonyms: VITAMIN C STEARATE
Functional class: ANTIOXIDANT
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: 0-1.25 mg/kg bw
Comments: As ascorbyl palmitate or ascorbyl stearate, or the sum of both
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/18
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/146
Previous status: 1973, FNP 4-JECFA 17/186; COMPENDIUM/159. R
1969, NMRS 46/TRS 445-JECFA 13/21, FAS 70.37/NMRS 46B-JECFA 13/125, FAS 70.36/NMRS 46A-JECFA 13/149. 0-1.25. FU. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ascorbyl stearate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 46a)