Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM · 470(i)INS 470(i)
Listed as an emulsifier, a stabiliser and an anticaking agent by Codex.
Listed as emulsifiers (Codex) · stabilisers (Codex) · anticaking agents (Codex)
- Codex Alimentarius: Emulsifier — CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 470(i)
- Codex Alimentarius: Stabilizer — CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 470(i)
- Codex Alimentarius: Anticaking agent — CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 470(i)
These are the salts, or soaps, of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium, used in food as emulsifiers, stabilisers and anticaking agents.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Canada | No listing matchedHealth Canada’s lists name additives without E or INS numbers, so this site matches them by exact name. A substance listed there under a name this site does not recognise has no row here. | ||
| European Union | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Great Britain | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Japan | No listing matchedThis site imports only Japan’s list of designated additives (Appended Table 1 to the Regulations for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act), matched by English name. Existing additives, natural flavouring agents and ordinary foods used as additives are permitted outside that list and are not imported, so an empty row does not show that Japan does not permit the substance. | ||
| South Korea | No listing matchedThis site imports Part III of South Korea’s Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, matched by CAS number, then INS number, then exact name. Mixed preparations and sanitisers are not imported, and an entry whose identifiers disagreed with a page’s is held for review, so an empty row does not show that South Korea does not permit the substance. | ||
| United States | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. | ||
| Codex Alimentarius | Permitted, with conditions | 21 food categories no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice) Show every food category and its notes
| CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 470(i)and 21 further provisionsretrieved 2026-09-07 |
How much is permitted
A listing usually limits the quantity as well as the food. Only one of the forms that takes is a figure: quantum satis and good manufacturing practice permit the amount the technological effect requires and no more, which is a limit rather than the absence of one. Figures below are the range across every food category this page is listed in, and categories differ between regulators — see how much is permitted.
| Codex Alimentarius | — | 22 GMP |
|---|
No regulator sets a figure for Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium. That is not an absence of control: where the listing says quantum satis or good manufacturing practice, the quantity is limited to what the effect requires.
What it is made from
Made by neutralising myristic, palmitic or stearic acid with an alkali. The fatty acids may come from plant oils or from animal fat, and the source is not declared.
- Vegan status depends on the source
- Vegetarian status depends on the source
- May raise a halal question
- May raise a kosher question
This is not an omission. What this additive is made from is not fixed — depending on the manufacturer it may be plant, animal or microbial in origin, nobody is required to say which, and the same product can change source between production runs. Ask the manufacturer if it matters to you; a label cannot answer it.
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Every name it appears under
2 recorded names. A label may use any of them.
INS number
- 470(i)
Other names
- SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
What assessing bodies concluded
Each conclusion is paraphrased in the body's own framing, from the published opinion linked beneath it. Where bodies differ, both stand; this site does not adjudicate between them or add a view of its own.
EFSA 2018
The ANS Panel concluded that no numerical ADI is needed for sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids (E 470a, E 470b) and that they are of no safety concern at the reported uses and use levels, noting the lack of subchronic, chronic and reproductive toxicity data specific to the salts.
Common questions
Assembled from what is above, in the words the questions are usually asked in. Each answer is the same statement the relevant section makes, with the same citations behind it.
- What is INS 470(i)?
- INS 470(i) is Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium. These are the salts, or soaps, of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium, used in food as emulsifiers, stabilisers and anticaking agents.
- What is Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium used for in food?
- It is listed as an emulsifier, a stabiliser and an anticaking agent — the role Codex assigns it. This page shows every function each regulator records, with the citation for each.
- Where is Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium permitted?
- Of the seven regulators this site reads, the Codex standard permits it. Each permission is for named foods at named levels, not a blanket one; the table on this page gives them with citations.
- Is Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium vegan?
- It depends on the source, and a label will not tell you. Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium can be made from plant or animal material, manufacturers are not obliged to say which, and the same product can change between production runs. Anyone who needs to know has to ask the manufacturer.
Sources for this page
- gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07
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