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  },
  "functional_class": "Acidity regulator",
  "summary": "Triammonium citrate is an acidity regulator and sequestrant used in processed cheese and some dairy products.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by neutralising fermentation-derived citric acid with ammonia.",
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      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 380, food category 01.2.1.2",
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    {
      "name": "1,2,3Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2hydroxy, triammonium salt",
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    {
      "name": "2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid triammonium salt",
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      "name": "2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, ammonium salt (1:3)",
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    {
      "name": "2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylicacidtriammoniumsalt",
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      "name": "Ammonium citrate (3:1)",
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    {
      "name": "AMMONIUM CITRATE (MART.)",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "AMMONIUM CITRATE [MART.]",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ammonium citrate tribasic",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Citrate (Triammonium)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Citric acid triammonium",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Citric acid triammonium salt",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Citric acid, ammonium salt",
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      "name": "TRIAMMONIUM CITRATE",
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      "name": "Triammonium salt of 2hydroxypropan1,2,3tricarboxylic acid",
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    },
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      "name": "triazanium;2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate",
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    },
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      "name": "tribasic ammonium citrate",
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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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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Triammonium citrate\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/triammonium-citrate. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.753Z"
}