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Sodium Silicate

Level 3ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary

Sodium Silicate is a anti caking — Anticaking additive for preserving eggs and detergents

Also: Water Glass, Soluble Glass

What it does

Anticaking additive for preserving eggs and detergents

Where you'll see it

egg preservation, soaps

What the research says

Strongly alkaline, irritating and caustic to skin and mucous membranes

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: GRAS
  • Notes: ASP

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): strongly alkaline; as a topical antiseptic can be irritating and caustic to the skin