Magnesium phosphates (E343)
- Food Caution
What is Magnesium phosphates (E343)?
Magnesium phosphates (E343) are salts that stop powders clumping and add magnesium to foods. For most healthy people normal amounts aren't a concern. The caution is about total phosphate across your whole diet, particularly for people with kidney disease and children who eat a lot of processed food.
What is Yasno’s verdict on Magnesium phosphates?
Yasno’s verdict on Magnesium 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 Magnesium phosphates allowed in the EU?
EU status of Magnesium phosphates: Listed in Yasno’s EU regulatory data, with no further details recorded. Conditions and limits come from the regulation cited below. Yasno summarises them and does not replace the legal text.
| Where | EU | US |
|---|---|---|
| Food | Listed in Yasno’s EU regulatory data, with no further details recorded | Not recorded |
What else is it called?
- Magnesium phosphate
Sources
- 2019 assessment of phosphates as food additives, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 2019
- 2026 reassessment of phosphoric acid and phosphate salts, Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), 2026
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