Additives
Peptones (E429): What It Is and Is It Safe?
Safe
Food Enzyme / Processing Aid
Water-soluble protein hydrolysates produced by enzymatic or acid digestion of animal or plant protein. They serve mainly as nitrogen sources in microbiological culture media and as processing aids rather than as a functional additive in finished food. They are digested as ordinary peptides and amino acids.
- Category
- Food Enzyme / Processing Aid
- Typically used in
- Nutrient in microbiological culture media; fermentation and processing aid.
- Regulatory status
- Used as a processing aid and microbiological medium; not an authorised EU food additive. Codex INS 429.
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