Ammonium chloride

CAS 12125-02-9

Used as a flour treatment agent.

Ammonium chloride is a yeast nutrient and dough conditioner, and the ingredient that gives salty liquorice its distinctive sharp taste in Nordic confectionery.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Ammonium chloride by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1138retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 510retrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Manufactured as a by-product of the Solvay soda process or by neutralising hydrochloric acid with ammonia.

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  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
12125-02-9
InChIKey
NLXLAEXVIDQMFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 25517

Every name it appears under

62 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

E number

  • E510

CAS registry number

  • 12125-02-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Ammonium chloride

Other names

  • Amchlor
  • Ammon Chlor
  • Ammonchlor
  • Ammoneric
  • Ammoniac, Sal
  • Ammonii Chloridum
  • Ammonium Chloratum
  • ammonium chlorid
  • Ammonium chloride
  • Ammonium chloride ((NH4)Cl)
  • Ammonium chloride 0.9% in normal saline
  • Ammonium chloride 2.14%
  • Ammonium chloride fume
  • Ammonium chloride in plastic container
  • Ammonium Chloride Injection
  • Ammonium Chloride Tablets
  • ammonium choride
  • ammonium cloride
  • Ammonium muriate
  • Ammonium muriate fume
  • Ammonium muriaticum
  • Ammonium-15N chloride
  • ammonium-chloride
  • Ammoniumchlorid
  • ammoniumchloride
  • Ammoniumklorid
  • ammoniurn chloride
  • Amoklor
  • amonium chloride
  • amrnonium chloride
  • azanium chloride
  • Catalyst rd
  • CCRIS 7262
  • Chlorammonic
  • Chlorammonic (France)
  • Chloramon
  • Chlorid ammonia
  • Chlorid amonny
  • Chloride, Ammonium
  • Cloruro de Amonio
  • COLDS COUGHS
  • Darammon
  • Dytuss
  • Elektrolyt
  • FEMA NO. 4494
  • Gen-Diur (Spain)
  • HSDB 483
  • Ins no.510
  • Ins-510
  • Muriate of Ammonia
  • Sal ammonia
  • Sal ammoniac
  • Sal ammoniac fume
  • Salammoniacus
  • Salammonite
  • Salmiac
  • Tussi ammon co
  • Yep wake the faith up Ammonia inhalant

Systematic names

  • ammonium chloride

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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