Ammonium Ferric Citrate (E381): What It Is and Is It Safe?
Ammonium ferric citrate (ferric ammonium citrate) is an iron-containing citrate complex used as an anti-caking agent and as a source of dietary iron for fortification. It supplies bioavailable iron and is used to enrich foods such as table salt. It is not authorised as a food additive E381 in the UK or EU, but ferric ammonium citrate is used and permitted as an iron fortificant.
- Category
- Anti-Caking Agent / Mineral Supplement
- Typically used in
- Table salt as an anti-caking agent; iron-fortified foods and supplements.
- Regulatory status
- Not authorised as additive E381 in the UK/EU; used and permitted as an iron fortificant.
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Where this comes from
- UK Food Standards Agency (2024) — Approved additives and E numbers https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approved-additives-and-e-numbers/approved-additives-and-e-numbers
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