Synthetic Calcium Aluminates (E598): What It Is and Is It Safe?
Synthetic calcium aluminates are aluminium-containing compounds used as anti-caking agents in powdered foods. Aluminium is slowly absorbed and accumulates in bone and nervous tissue; EFSA set a tolerable weekly intake of 1 mg aluminium per kg body weight in 2008, based on effects on the nervous and reproductive systems in animals, and concluded that a significant part of the population may exceed it. Aluminium-containing additives such as this one add to that cumulative intake where they are used.
- Category
- Anti-Caking Agent — Anti-caking agent
- Typically used in
- Powdered and dry foods as an anti-caking agent.
- Regulatory status
- Not authorised as a food additive in the EU or UK. Holds Codex INS 598; an aluminium-containing anti-caking agent.
- Concerns flagged
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Accumulates in the bodyNeurotoxicity concern
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Where this comes from
- EFSA (2008) — EFSA advises on the safety of aluminium in food https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/efsa-advises-safety-aluminium-food
- EFSA (2013) — Dietary exposure to aluminium-containing food additives https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-411
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