Polyphosphates (E452)
- Food Caution
What is Polyphosphates (E452)?
Polyphosphates (E452) are salts that keep processed meats, seafood and cheese moist and stable. There's little evidence they harm healthy kidneys at normal amounts. The caution is about total phosphate across your whole diet, and the safe daily limit doesn't apply if you have moderate or severe kidney disease.
What is Yasno’s verdict on Polyphosphates?
Yasno’s verdict on Polyphosphates: 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 Polyphosphates allowed in the EU?
EU status of Polyphosphates: 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?
- Sodium polyphosphate
Sources
- EU Food Additives Register — POL-FAD-IMPORT-3163, European Commission (DG SANTE), 2008
- Re-evaluation of phosphates as food additives, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 2019
- EFSA assessment of phosphates used as food additives, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 2020
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