Potassium phosphates (E340)
- Food Caution
What is Potassium phosphates (E340)?
Potassium phosphates (E340) are salts that control acidity and keep processed foods stable. A single ordinary food with them isn't a concern for healthy people. The caution is about total phosphate across your whole diet; with kidney disease, both the phosphate and the potassium can build up.
What is Yasno’s verdict on Potassium phosphates?
Yasno’s verdict on Potassium phosphates: Caution. Some evidence of a concern, it depends on the amount, or it is genuinely worth knowing. A Caution always has a specific, sourced reason.
Is Potassium phosphates allowed in the EU?
EU status of Potassium phosphates: Permitted as a food additive. Conditions and limits come from the regulation cited below. Yasno summarises them and does not replace the legal text.
| Where | EU | US |
|---|---|---|
| Food | Permitted as a food additive | Not recorded |
What else is it called?
- Potassium phosphate
Sources
- EU Food Additives Register — POL-FAD-IMPORT-3110, European Commission (DG SANTE), 2011
- 2019 group assessment of phosphoric acid and phosphate additives, including E 340, EFSA, 2019
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