Table 1.

Phosphorus-containing food additives

Inorganic phosphates	Organic phosphates
Orthophosphate	Starch phosphates
Phosphoric acid	Monostarch phosphate
Sodium phosphate, mono-, di-, tri-	Distarch phosphate
Potassium phosphate, mono-, di-, tri-	Phosphated distarch phosphate
Calcium phosphate, mono-, di-, tri-	Acetylated distarch phosphate
Magnesium phosphates	Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate
Magnesium phosphate, mono-, di-	Natural phosphorus-containing additives
Pyrophosphates	Ribonucleotides
Sodium diphosphate, di-, tri-, tetra-	Guanylic acid
Tetrapotassium diphosphate	Disodium guanylate
Dicalcium diphosphate	Dipotassium guanylate
Calcium dihydrogen phosphate	Calcium guanylate
Magnesium dihydrogen phosphate	Inosinic acid
Triphosphates	Disodium inosinate
Pentasodium phosphate	Dipotassium inosinate
Pentapotassium diphosphate	Calcium inosinate
Polyphosphates	Calcium-5′-ribonucleotides
Sodium polyphosphate	Disodium-5′-ribonucleotides
Potassium polyphosphate	Other
Sodium calcium polyphosphate	Lecithin
Calcium polyphosphate	Ammonium phosphatide
Other	Riboflavin-5′-phosphate
Sodium aluminium phosphate

Based on Tuominen et al. (Ref. 92).