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Erythorbic Acid(E315)
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Erythorbic Acid is a antioxidant — Antioxidant with 1/20th vitamin capacity of ascorbic acid
Also: Isoascorbic Acid
What it does
Antioxidant with 1/20th vitamin capacity of ascorbic acid
Where you'll see it
Pickling brine, meat products, beverages, baked goods, cured cuts
Regulatory status
- US FDA: GRAS
- EU: approved
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Antioxidant that contains one-twentieth the vitamin capacity of ascorbic acid