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Disodium Edta
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary2 sources
Disodium Edta is a preservative — Food preservative and sequestering additive
Also: Edetate Disodium, Disodium Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid
What it does
Food preservative and sequestering additive
Where you'll see it
Frozen white potatoes, canned potatoes, cooked chickpeas, dried banana cereal, canned strawberry pie filling, gefilte fish, salad dressing
What the research says
FDA issued 2008 advisory that children and adults died when mistakenly given edetate disodium instead of edetate calcium disodium for lead removal.
[ultra-processed-people] Chelating preservative in Hellmann's mayonnaise — listed as part of the recognised UPF ingredient cluster. Marker rather than a specific harm story in this book.
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 4 (footnote): antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), paprika extract
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): the FDA issued an advisory in 2008 that children and adults have died when they were mistakenly given edetate disodium instead of edetate calcium disodium