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Sodium Alginate(E401)
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Sodium Alginate is a thickener gum — Stabilizer, thickener, and emulsifier from seaweed
What it does
Stabilizer, thickener, and emulsifier from seaweed
Where you'll see it
frozen desserts, fruit jelly preservatives
Regulatory status
- EU: approved
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): a gum obtained as a sodium salt of alginic acid from seaweed, used as a stabilizer, thickener, emulsifier