ALUMINIUM SULFATE, anhydrous
Prepared at the 55th JECFA (2000) and published in the Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, FAO JECFA Monographs 1 (2005). A PTWI of 2 mg/kg bw for aluminium was established at the 74th JECFA (2011).
SYNONYMS INS No. 520
DEFINITION
Chemical names Aluminium sulfate
C.A.S. number 10043-01-3
Chemical formula Al2(SO4)3
Formula weight 342.13
Assay Not less than 99.5% on the ignited basis
DESCRIPTION White powder, shining plates, or crystalline fragments; odourless
FUNCTIONAL USES Firming agent
