Ammonium chloride
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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
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 184.1138retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Permitted | 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.
- Vegan
- 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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