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Aluminum Sulfate(E520)

Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary

Aluminum Sulfate is a other — Modifier for starch; used in sweet and dill pickles, packaging, pickle relish, potatoes, shrimp packages

Also: Cake Alum, Patent Alum

What it does

Modifier for starch; used in sweet and dill pickles, packaging, pickle relish, potatoes, shrimp packages

Where you'll see it

Packaging materials, pickle relish, potatoes, shrimp packages

What the research says

Moderately toxic by ingestion and injection. May affect reproduction.

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: GRAS
  • EU: approved
  • Notes: ASP

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Moderately toxic by ingestion and injection. May affect reproduction