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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/stannous-chloride",
  "slug": "stannous-chloride",
  "name": "Stannous chloride",
  "identifiers": {
    "e_number": "E512",
    "ins_number": "512",
    "cas_number": "7772-99-8",
    "inchikey": "AXZWODMDQAVCJE-UHFFFAOYSA-L",
    "pubchem_cid": 24479
  },
  "functional_class": "Antioxidant",
  "summary": "Stannous chloride is an antioxidant and colour retention agent used in canned white asparagus and some other canned vegetables, where it prevents discolouration.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by dissolving tin metal in hydrochloric acid. Its use is narrow and its permitted levels low.",
  "regulatory_status": [
    {
      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
      "authority": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
      "status_label": "Permitted, with conditions",
      "provision_count": 1,
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        {
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          "food_category": null,
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": null,
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": null,
          "citation": {
            "ref": "21 CFR 172.180",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.180"
          },
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        }
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    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "04.1.2.4",
            "name": "Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit"
          },
          "max_level": 20,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 43 & 141",
          "effective_from": "2018",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 512, food category 04.1.2.4",
            "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",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "04.2.2.4",
            "name": "Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds"
          },
          "max_level": 25,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 43, XS57, XS257R & XS258R",
          "effective_from": "2025",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 512, food category 04.2.2.4",
            "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",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "14.1.4",
            "name": "Water-based flavoured drinks, including \"sport,\" “energy,” or \"electrolyte\" drinks and particulated drinks"
          },
          "max_level": 20,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 43",
          "effective_from": "2001",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 512, food category 14.1.4",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "10025-69-1",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "7772-99-8",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Anhydrous stannous chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Anhydrous stannous chloride, 98%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "CCRIS 560",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dichlorotin",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "E 512",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "EPA Method 1631, Stannous Chloride, 8 x 40g",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "HSDB 582",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "INS NO.512",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "INS-512",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Red Blood Cells",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "SnCl(2)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous chloride anhydrous",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous chloride dihydrate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous chloride(Chunks or pellets)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous dichloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin (II) chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin chloride (SnCl2)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin dichloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin Dichloride; Dichlorotin; Tin Protochlorie; Tin Chloride; Tin (II) Chloride; Stannous Dichloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin(11) chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride (1:2)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, >=99.99% trace metals basis",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, anhydrous",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, anhydrous, powder, >=99.99% trace metals basis",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, AR, >=99%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, LR, >=98%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, p.a., 97%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, reagent grade, 98%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, ReagentPlus(R), >=99%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, ultra dry",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tin(II) chloride, Vetec(TM) reagent grade, 98%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin(II) choride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin(II)-chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin(II)dichloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin-(II) chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin-(II) dichloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tin-(II)-chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "tine (II) chloride",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Uniston CR-HT 200",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "512",
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    },
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      "name": "dichlorotin",
      "type": "iupac",
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    },
    {
      "name": "tin(2+);dichloride;dihydrate",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stannous chloride",
      "type": "label",
      "source": "ecfr"
    }
  ],
  "hazard_reference_values": [],
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      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
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      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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      "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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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Stannous chloride\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/stannous-chloride. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
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}