E500(I); Sodium Carbonate

(in 1,244 products)

1. Acidity Regulator / Buffering Agent - Changes or maintains the acidity or basicity of food/cosmetics.

2. Antiseptic / Disinfectant - Prevents growth of unwanted microorganisms.

Soda ash is the trade name for sodium carbonate , a chemical refined from the mineral trona or sodium-carbonate -bearing brines (both referred to as "natural soda ash") or manufactured from one of several chemical processes (referred to as "synthetic soda ash"). It is an essential raw material in glass, chemicals, detergents, and other important industrial products.

Sodium Carbonate is the disodium salt of carbonic acid with alkalinizing property. When dissolved in water, sodium carbonate forms carbonic acid and sodium hydroxide . As a strong base, sodium hydroxide neutralizes gastric acid thereby acting as an antacid.

1. PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10340

1. EPA Pesticide Registration List N: Disinfectants for Use Against Coronaviruses (https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2) - Sodium carbonate

2. EU Approved Food Additive [2018]

- E500

3. Japan’s List of Designated Food Additives under Article 10 of the Food Sanitation Act

- Sodium Carbonate (Crystal: Carbonate Soda, Anhydrous: Soda Ash)

4. Canada List of Permitted Food Additives

- List 8 - Sodium Carbonate

5. US FDA Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) Food Substances (21 CFR 184) [2017]

- § 184.1742 - Sodium carbonate