Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E471)
- Food Caution
What is Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E471)?
Mono- and diglycerides (E471) are emulsifiers made from fats, used in bread, ice cream and spreads to keep them soft and smooth. Your body digests them into ordinary fats. The caution is about purity: depending on how they're made, they can carry processing contaminants, and EU experts want stricter limits on these.
What is Yasno’s verdict on Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids?
Yasno’s verdict on Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids: 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 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids allowed in the EU?
EU status of Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids: 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?
- Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- Mono and diglycerides
Sources
- EU Food Additives Register — POL-FAD-IMPORT-3176, European Commission (DG SANTE), 2015
- Re-evaluation of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as food additives, European Food Safety Authority, 2017
- Follow-up of the re-evaluation of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as food additives, European Food Safety Authority, 2021
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