Modern food stores offera huge range of food in different price categories. Freedom of choice is not absolute, as it may seem at first glance. Healthy people every year becomes less and less. The reason for this is our food. As part of the products are increasingly common various food additives, including E1442. Far from everyone knows what it is and how this substance affects our body. What foods contain this dietary supplement? Let's try to figure it out.
E1442 - what is it?
Е1422 – добавка, относящаяся к модифицированным starches. Its chemical name is hydroxypropyl dicarmal phosphate. Crosslinked hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is another name for E1442. What it is? The additive is widely used in the food industry as an emulsifier or thickener. In essence, this is the most common starch used in the manufacture of food products, which has altered initial characteristics. E1442 is a fine-grained white powder of a yellow shade.
Method of obtaining
Additive E1442 is created in the laboratoryusing the esterification reaction of conventional food starch. This requires sodium trimetaphosphate (or phosphorus oxychloride) and propylene oxide. During the esterification reaction, the individual structural groups of the starch molecule are combined (“crosslinked”). This leads to the fact that the modified starch has better properties than usual. Often for the production of additives used starch obtained from genetically modified corn. If you add a modified starch, the food during defrosting and freezing do not lose their taste, have a more uniform texture and color. Also, the additive is more stable in alkaline and acidic environment.
Are there acceptable consumption rates?
Thickener E1442 is allowed to add to various food products, while the daily norm of its consumption is not determined. But there are standards for different product categories:
- Not more than 10 g per 1 kg for canned carrots.
- Up to 20 for canned sardines and similar products.
- Up to 60 - for canned mackerel and analogues.
- Up to 10 - for flavored fermented fermented milk products and yoghurts in combination with other similar additives.
Application
E1442 - food supplement, which is permittednot only in Russia, but also in some European countries, the USA, New Zealand, Australia. In the dairy industry, it is used in the manufacture of sweet curd cheeses, cream, as well as yogurt and ice cream, because it allows to achieve a viscous consistency of the final product. The production of instant food (various soups, sauces) and canned food (mainly fish, vegetable, fruit) does not do without modified starch.
Hydroxypropyl dicramine phosphate absorbs wellwater and perfectly dissolved in it. As a thickener, this substance may well be used in the production of various construction solutions, mixtures. The modified starch can be used in the oil and gas industry as a component of lubricating and cooling solutions for drilling equipment. E1442 thickener is used in various technological stages of production in the pulp and paper industry. It is also possible to use this substance in the textile sector, since it is resistant to mechanical stress and high temperatures.
E1442: harmful or not?
E1442 is considered to be a safe and harmless additive. Is it really? First you need to figure out how it is digested in the body.
Данное вещество, как и привычный для нас крахмал, easily processed by the human body. E1442 when interacting with water in the digestive tract becomes glucose, and then absorbed by the body. As a result of the hydrolysis reaction of the modified starch, a byproduct, dextrin, is also formed. It is a polysaccharide, which is harmful to the body. Uncontrolled intake of products containing this dietary supplement leads to a slowdown of the digestive process in the intestine. This can cause flatulence, nausea, development of gastric diseases.
Тем не менее действие добавки на человеческий the body is still unexplored. Excessive consumption of products with hydroxypropyl digesting phosphate can also cause an increase in the appendix. Doctors do not recommend to use such products to pregnant and lactating women, as well as to use them in the diet of children of any age. Among other things, scientists know that the modified starch can cause the development of diseases of the pancreas.
Modern food manufacturersfood additives are said to be harmless, including E1442. What it is? This substance is a synthetic starch with improved characteristics. In fact, the supplement is not completely harmless, as it can cause diseases of the digestive system.
