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Fumaric Acid(E297)

Level 1Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary

Fumaric Acid is a acidulant — Acidulant, leavening additive, dry acid for dessert powders, flavoring

What it does

Acidulant, leavening additive, dry acid for dessert powders, flavoring

Where you'll see it

Dessert powders, confections, beverages, baked goods, gelatin desserts

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: ASP
  • EU: approved
  • Notes: Up to 4% in dessert powders

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): white, odorless, derived from many plants and essential to vegetable and animal tissue respiration