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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sodium-hydrogen-dl-malate",
  "slug": "sodium-hydrogen-dl-malate",
  "name": "Sodium hydrogen DL-malate",
  "identifiers": {
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    "ins_number": "350(i)",
    "cas_number": null,
    "inchikey": "DOJOZCIMYABYPO-UHFFFAOYSA-M",
    "pubchem_cid": 23678821
  },
  "functional_class": "Acidity regulator",
  "summary": "Sodium hydrogen DL-malate is an acidity regulator, giving the apple-like sourness of malic acid in a partly neutralised, less aggressive form.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by partly neutralising synthetic malic acid with sodium. The DL prefix marks it as the synthetic mixture rather than the single form found in fruit.",
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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": []
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
      "status_label": "Permitted, with conditions",
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          "status": "permitted",
          "food_category": null,
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          "effective_from": "1999",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 350(i)",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
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            "code": "01.2.1.2",
            "name": "Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 630",
          "effective_from": "2024",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 350(i), food category 01.2.1.2",
            "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"
        }
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "name": "58214-38-3",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Butanedioic acid, 2-hydroxy-, sodium salt (1:1)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, monosodium salt",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "C4H5NaO5",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "DL-Malic acid monosodium salt",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "DOJOZCIMYABYPO-UHFFFAOYSA-M",
      "type": "common",
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    },
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "INS-350(I)",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "MALIC ACID MONOSODIUM SALT",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "monosodium malate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "sodium 3-carboxy-3-hydroxypropanoate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "SODIUM HYDROGEN DL-MALATE",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sodium hydrogen malate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "sodium;2,4-dihydroxy-4-oxo-butanoate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "VJ2LXD23XD",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "350(i)",
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    }
  ],
  "hazard_reference_values": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "key": "gsfa",
      "name": "Codex General Standard for Food Additives (CXS 192-1995)",
      "publisher": "Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO)",
      "licence": "FAO terms — non-commercial use with attribution",
      "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/",
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    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Sodium hydrogen DL-malate\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sodium-hydrogen-dl-malate. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.693Z"
}