Manganese chloride

CAS 7773-01-5

Manganese chloride is a manganese source in fortified foods and infant formula.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Manganese 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 184.1446retrieved 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

Produced by dissolving manganese carbonate or oxide in hydrochloric acid.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
7773-01-5
InChIKey
GLFNIEUTAYBVOC-UHFFFAOYSA-L
PubChem
CID 10313134

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 11132-78-8
  • 7773-01-5

As it appears in regulation

  • Manganese chloride

Other names

  • MANGANESE CHLORIDE [MI]
  • MANGANESE CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS [HSDB]
  • manganese chloride, manganese ii chloride, manganese 2+ ion dichloride, manganesechloride
  • MANGANESE(2+) CHLORIDE
  • manganese(2+) dichloride
  • manganese(2+) dichloride hydrate
  • Manganese(II) chloride (MnCl2)
  • Manganese(II)chloride
  • MANGANOUS CHLORIDE ANHYDROUS
  • manganous chloride hydrate
  • MnCl2.xH2O

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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