title: Solubility Testing of Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids in International Food Additive Specifications.
abstract: We investigated the solubility of 10 samples of sucrose esters of fatty acids (SEFA) products that are commercially available worldwide as food additives (emulsifiers). Although one sample dissolved transparently in both water and ethanol, other samples produced white turbidity and/or precipitates and did not meet the solubility criterion established by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). When the sample solutions were heated, the solubility in both water and ethanol increased. All of the samples dissolved transparently in ethanol, and dispersed and became white without producing precipitates in water. The present study suggests that the current solubility criterion of the JECFA SEFA specifications needs to be revised.
authors.affiliation: Food Ingredients Department, Performance Products Division, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.
authors.forename: Yukino
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motoda
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomida
authors.forename: Chiye
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tatebe
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiyama
mesh_terms: D045703:Emulsifying Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry*; D000431:Ethanol; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005503:Food Additives / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D012015:Reference Standards; D012995:Solubility; D012996:Solutions; D013395:Sucrose / Q000737:chemistry*; D014480:United Nations; D014867:Water; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D045703:Emulsifying Agents; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005503:Food Additives; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D000431:Ethanol; D013395:Sucrose