Safety facts and side effects about sodium hexametaphosphate

Safety Facts And Side Effects About Sodium Hexametaphosphate Foodchem Sodium Hexametaphosphate, CAS# 10124-58-8, is a mixture of polymeric metaphosphates manufactured through chemical synthesis, available as WHITE POWDER OR WHITE GRANULES. Sodium Hexametaphosphate is widely used as food supplements. It is widely accepted as safe food additive in many countries with E number E452.

Is there some safety and/or health risk about Sodium Hexametaphosphate that consumers need to know? Let's check out some basic facts about this ingredient.

GRAS Exemptions: Yes Generally recognized as safe(GRAS) is a FDA designation that a specific substance or ingredient is generally considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements. Sodium Hexametaphosphate is perfectly safe for using as food additives.

Suggested Dosage Ingestion of Sodium Hexametaphosphate in large quantity may hurt our health, please follow the guideline of using Sodium Hexametaphosphate: MTDI 70 mg/kg body weight (as P) Special Groups Precaution Special groups refer to newborns, children, pregnant and any other applicable vulnerable groups.

There is no evidence that Sodium Hexametaphosphate could have any negative effects on these vulnerable groups. It should be safe to use Sodium Hexametaphosphate in food for newborns and pregnant. However, we still recommend consumers to consult professionals before using large quantity of Sodium Hexametaphosphate for long period in food for newborns or pregnant.

General Side Effects No significant side effects reported. The only concern is prolonged using of phosphate salts may upset the balance of phosphates and other chemicals in the body.

Reported Health Issues No health issues about Sodium Hexametaphosphate reported up to now.

Related Research 1. Anticalculus efficacy and safety of a stabilized stannous fluoride/sodium hexametaphosphate dentifrice. [Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2005 Sep] Author: Schiff T, Saletta L, Baker RA, He T, Winston JL. 2. Efficacy and safety of a novel stabilized stannous fluoride and sodium hexametaphosphate dentifrice for dentinal hypersensitivity. [J Contemp Dent Pract. 2006 May 1]

Author: Schiff T, He T, Sagel L, Baker R 3. Final report on the safety assessment of Sodium Metaphosphate, Sodium Trimetaphosphate, and Sodium Hexametaphosphate. [Int J Toxicol. 2001] Author: Lanigan RS. 4. Anticalculus efficacy and safety of a novel whitening dentifrice containing sodium hexametaphosphate: a controlled six-month clinical trial. [J Clin Dent. 2002] Author: Liu H, Segreto V, Baker R, Vastola K, Ramsey L, Gerlach R. See more at: http://www.foodchemadditives.com/side_effects_info/638