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Sodium Silicate
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Sodium Silicate is a anti caking — Anticaking additive for preserving eggs and detergents
Also: Water Glass, Soluble Glass
What it does
Anticaking additive for preserving eggs and detergents
Where you'll see it
egg preservation, soaps
What the research says
Strongly alkaline, irritating and caustic to skin and mucous membranes
Regulatory status
- US FDA: GRAS
- Notes: ASP
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): strongly alkaline; as a topical antiseptic can be irritating and caustic to the skin