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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 301, food category 13.1.3",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 301, food category 13.2",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 301, food category 14.1.2.3",
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      "name": "Ascorbato de sodio",
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      "name": "Ascorbato sodico",
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      "name": "Ascorbicin",
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      "name": "Ascorbin",
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      "name": "C6H7NaO6",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "CCRIS 3291",
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      "name": "Cebitate",
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      "name": "Cevalin",
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      "name": "Iskia-C",
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