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  "slug": "sodium-erythorbate-sodium-isoascorbate",
  "name": "Sodium erythorbate (Sodium isoascorbate)",
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    "e_number": "E316",
    "ins_number": "316",
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    "inchikey": "PPASLZSBLFJQEF-RKJRWTFHSA-M",
    "pubchem_cid": 23683938
  },
  "functional_class": "Antioxidant",
  "summary": "Sodium erythorbate is a cure accelerator and antioxidant used widely in cured meats, where it speeds colour fixing and limits nitrosamine formation.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by neutralising fermentation-derived erythorbic acid with sodium.",
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      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
      "authority": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
      "provision_count": 0,
      "provisions": []
    },
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 316",
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        },
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          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 280 & XS294",
          "effective_from": "2023",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 316, food category 04.2.2.7",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "name": "Fresh molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 390, XS312 & XS315",
          "effective_from": "2017",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 316, food category 09.1.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
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          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "name": "Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 308, 392, XS36, XS92, XS95, XS165, XS190, XS191, XS312 & XS315",
          "effective_from": "2017",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 316, food category 09.2.1",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 382, XS167, XS189, XS222, XS236 & XS244",
          "effective_from": "2018",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 316, food category 09.2.5",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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        }
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      "name": "Isona",
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      "name": "Sodium (2R)-2-[(1R)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-olate",
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      "value_text": null,
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      "assessing_body": "EFSA ANS",
      "year": 2015,
      "opinion": {
        "ref": "doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4360",
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      "name": "Codex General Standard for Food Additives (CXS 192-1995)",
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Sodium erythorbate (Sodium isoascorbate)\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sodium-erythorbate-sodium-isoascorbate. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.691Z"
}