Polyphosphoric Acid, available as white crystaline powder. It’s widely used as anti-caking additive in food and beverage for its ability of making powder loose.

Is Polyphosphoric Acid gluten free?

Yes. Polyphosphoric Acid is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide flowability to condensed milk, desserts and puddings.

Why is Polyphosphoric Acid gluten free?

To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Polyphosphoric Acidis a phosphate salt which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Polyphosphoric Acid are Polyphosphoric Acid and sodium hydroxide; Polyphosphoric Acid barely includes gluten impurity. So, Polyphosphoric Acid is gluten free.

How is Polyphosphoric Acid used in gluten free food?

Polyphosphoric Acid is widely used in food and beverage to provide flowability to condensed milk, desserts and puddings. Polyphosphoric Acid is usually used in processed food rather than daily recipe.

Why should you go Gluten free?

Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.

Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free.

Polyphosphoric Acid one of the popular food additives and ingredients in most countries, As a professional Polyphosphoric Acid suppliers,Foodchem International Corporation has been supplying and exporting Polyphosphoric Acid from China for almost 10 years,This application file is based on limited review of Foodchem International Corporation. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Polyphosphoric Acid or want to report new applications of Polyphosphoric Acid to us.please feel free to send emails to us inquiry@foodchem.cn , we will reply you within 1 working day.

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