Triammonium citrate

INS 380

Used as an acidity regulator.

Triammonium citrate is an acidity regulator and sequestrant used in processed cheese and some dairy products.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Triammonium citrate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationNot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted, with conditions

1 food category

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 380and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Made by neutralising fermentation-derived citric acid with ammonia.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
InChIKey
YWYZEGXAUVWDED-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 18954

Every name it appears under

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

INS number

  • 380

CAS registry number

  • 3458-72-8

Other names

  • 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-, ammonium salt (1:3)
  • 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-, triammonium salt
  • 1,2,3Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2hydroxy, ammonium salt (1:3)
  • 1,2,3Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2hydroxy, triammonium salt
  • 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid triammonium salt
  • 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, ammonium salt (1:3)
  • 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylicacidtriammoniumsalt
  • Ammonium citrate (3:1)
  • AMMONIUM CITRATE (MART.)
  • AMMONIUM CITRATE [MART.]
  • Ammonium citrate tribasic
  • Citrate (Triammonium)
  • Citric acid triammonium
  • Citric acid triammonium salt
  • Citric acid, ammonium salt
  • INS NO.380
  • INS-380
  • tri(azaniumyl) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate
  • triammonium 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate
  • TRIAMMONIUM CITRATE
  • Triammonium salt of 2hydroxypropan1,2,3tricarboxylic acid
  • triazanium;2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate
  • tribasic ammonium citrate

Systematic names

  • tri(azaniumyl) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate;triammonium 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate

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

  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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