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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nagai, Yukino
• Kawano, Satoko
• Motoda, Kenichiro
• Tomida, Masaaki
• Tatebe, Chiye
• Sato, Kyoko
• Akiyama, Hiroshi

Titel

Solubility Testing of Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids in International Food Additive Specifications

Ist Teil von

• Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2017/03/01, Vol.40(3), pp.284-289

Ort / Verlag

Japan: The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We investigated the solubility of 10 samples of sucrose esters of fatty acids (SEFA) products that are commercially available worldwide as food additives (emulsifiers). Although one sample dissolved transparently in both water and ethanol, other samples produced white turbidity and/or precipitates and did not meet the solubility criterion established by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). When the sample solutions were heated, the solubility in both water and ethanol increased. All of the samples dissolved transparently in ethanol, and dispersed and became white without producing precipitates in water. The present study suggests that the current solubility criterion of the JECFA SEFA specifications needs to be revised.