Ferric phosphate

CAS 10045-86-0

Ferric phosphate is an iron fortificant chosen for causing almost no colour or flavour change, at the cost of being absorbed less well than the soluble iron salts.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Ferric phosphate 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 184.1301retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Made by reacting an iron salt with phosphoric acid.

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CAS registry number
10045-86-0
InChIKey
WBJZTOZJJYAKHQ-UHFFFAOYSA-K
PubChem
CID 24861

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 10045-86-0
  • 10402-24-1

As it appears in regulation

  • Ferric phosphate

Other names

  • CCRIS 6895
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 034903
  • FeO4P
  • FePO4
  • Ferramol
  • Ferric orthophosphate
  • Ferric phosphate
  • Ferricphosphate
  • Ferrum phosphoricum
  • HSDB 453
  • Iron orthophosphate
  • Iron phosphate
  • Iron phosphate (FePO4)
  • iron(3+) phosphate
  • Iron(3+) phosphate, (1:1)
  • Iron(III) phosphate
  • lithium ferric phosphate
  • N6BAA189V1
  • Phosphoric acid, iron salt
  • Phosphoric acid, iron salt (1:?)
  • Phosphoric acid, iron(3+) salt (1:1)
  • WBJZTOZJJYAKHQ-UHFFFAOYSA-K
  • WHITE PHOSPHATE OF IRON (SCHUSSLER'S)

Systematic names

  • iron(3+) phosphate

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

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