Food Safety Substance
Potassium chlorideE508
Potassium chloride (E508) is a food additive with PUBLISHED in the EU, FDA has no questions in the US, and data from 9 regulatory sources.
CAS 7447-40-7
E508
other
Indexable evidence set
FDA
FDA has no questions
ADI / TDI
ADI NOT LIMITED
Codex
12 row(s)
SOURCE
D1 identity resolution
e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 9 matched regulatory source group(s)
Substance Identity
Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.
Substance name
Potassium chloride
CAS
7447-40-7
E-number
E508
Food category
other
DTXSID
DTXSID5021178
Evidence tier
Indexable evidence set (12)
SOURCE
EU Commission
FDA | Health Canada | Codex Alimentarius
Multi-Jurisdiction Comparison
Side-by-side status rows for the same resolved substance across public food regulators.
| Jurisdiction | Authority | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | EU Commission | PUBLISHED | EU additive listing; Annex II entry |
| United States | FDA | FDA has no questions | GRAS notice |
| Canada | Health Canada | Listed | Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent |
| Codex | Codex Alimentarius | Listed | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener |
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EU Commission
EU Food Additives | EU Food Additives Database
EU Food Additive Status
EU Commission food-additive listing rows from eu_food_additives.
| Jurisdiction | E-number | Status | Type | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | E508 | PUBLISHED | substanceFAD | Potassium chloride | - |
SOURCE
EU Commission
EU Annex II Authorised | EU Food Additives Database
EU Annex II Authorised Uses
Authorised additive rows and use conditions from EU Annex II tables.
| Jurisdiction | E-number | Name | INS | Policy item | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | E508 | Potassium chloride | - | POL-FAD-IMPORT-3206 | - |
Conditions and restrictions
| Jurisdiction | Food category | Restriction | Comment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | - | - | - | EU Annex II Union List |
| European Union | - | - | - | EU Food Additives Database |
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Codex Alimentarius
Codex GSFA
Codex GSFA Status
Codex Alimentarius GSFA permissions and maximum-use rows.
| Jurisdiction | INS / E-number | Function | Food category | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain) | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cream and Prepared Creams (reconstituted cream, recombined cream, prepackaged liquid cream) (CODEX STAN 288-1976). |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) | GMP | - |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.8.2 Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dairy Permeate Powders (CXS 331-2017). |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 | GMP | - |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products | GMP | For use in noodles, gluten-free pasta and pasta intended for hypoproteic diets only. |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.; For use in fresh meat, poultry and game products only. |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Finfish, Uneviscerated and Eviscerated (CODEX STAN 36-1981).; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for... |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (CODEX STAN 166-1989).; For use in... |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | - |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989).; Excluding products conforming to the... |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 12.1.2 Salt Substitutes | GMP | - |
| Codex | 508 | Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener | 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa | GMP | For use in ready-to-drink products and pre-mixes for ready-to-drink products only. |
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FDA
FDA GRAS
FDA GRAS Status
US FDA GRAS notice evidence from enriched and notice tables.
| Jurisdiction | GRN | Substance | FDA response | Intended use | Basis | Notifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 272 | Triple salt of magnesium, ammonium, and potassium chloride, hexahydrate | FDA has no questions | As a substitute for a portion of the sodium chloride used in food in general, including meat, poultry, and egg products, but excluding infant formula | Scientific procedures | Smart Salt, Inc. |
| United States | 403 | Carnallite sea salt (magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, salt) | FDA has no questions | As a substitute for a portion of the sodium chloride used in food in general, including meat and poultry, but excluding infant formula | Scientific procedures | ICL Performance Products LP |
| United States | 272 | Triple salt of magnesium, ammonium, and potassium chloride, hexahydrate | FDA has no questions | As a substitute for a portion of the sodium chloride used in food in general, including meat, poultry, and egg products, but excluding infant formula | Scientific procedures | Smart Salt, Inc. |
| United States | 403 | Carnallite sea salt (magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, salt) | FDA has no questions | As a substitute for a portion of the sodium chloride used in food in general, including meat and poultry, but excluding infant formula | Scientific procedures | ICL Performance Products LP |
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Health Canada
Health Canada Status
Health Canada food-additive permissions by functional class and food scope.
| Jurisdiction | Class | Permitted foods | Maximum level | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent | Unstandardized foods | Good Manufacturing Practice | List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents |
| Canada | Acidity regulator | Beer | Good Manufacturing Practice | List of Permitted Acidity Regulators and Acid-Reacting Materials |
| Canada | Yeast food | (a) Beer | (a) Good Manufacturing Practice | List of Permitted Yeast Foods |
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JECFA
JECFA ADI
JECFA ADI Values
JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.
| Jurisdiction | Chemical name | JECFA no. | CAS | ADI | ADI upper | Function | Evaluation year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JECFA | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | - | 7447-40-7 | NOT LIMITED | - | YEAST_FOOD, FLAVOUR_ENHANCER, GELLING_AGENT | 1979 |
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ingredients
ghs classifications
Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma
Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.
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Cross-vertical comparison
ingredients | ghs classifications
Cross-Vertical Regulatory Divergence
This substance has different regulatory treatment across food, cosmetics, and industrial use.
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FAQPage JSON-LD
public food renderer rows
Frequently Asked Questions
Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.
What is Potassium chloride used for in food?
Potassium chloride appears in food-use rows as: Preservative; Firming agent; Flavour enhancer; Stabilizer; Thickener; Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent.
Is Potassium chloride / E508 safe?
This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI NOT LIMITED . EU status evidence: PUBLISHED. US/FDA evidence: FDA has no questions.
What is the ADI for Potassium chloride?
Potassium chloride has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI NOT LIMITED . Source: food_substances.
Is Potassium chloride also used in cosmetics?
Potassium chloride has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Dead Sea Salt, EU status permitted.