Food additive · Acidity regulator / phosphate
Ammonium phosphate
- E-number
- E342
A yeast nutrient.
- Food additive
- Phosphate additive
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points ammonium phosphate costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Low concernStrong evidence
EFSA (2019) set a group ADI for phosphates of 40 mg/kg body weight (as phosphorus) and noted that infants, toddlers and children may exceed it. [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list ammonium phosphate
10 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list ammonium phosphate.
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Chips Ahoy! Original Real Chocolate Chip Cookies Nabisco · 368 g Score 3 out of 100 Bad -
Real Chocolate Chip Cookies Chips Ahoy! Score 3 out of 100 Bad -
Real Chocolate Chip Cookies Chips Ahoy! Score 0 out of 100 Bad -
Original Chocolate Chip Cookies Chips Ahoy! · 1.55 oz Score 1 out of 100 Bad -
Chunky Chips Ahoy! · 1 lb 2 oz (510 g) Score 3 out of 100 Bad -
Real Chocolate Chip Cookies Chips Ahoy! · 0.77 oz (22 g) Score 1 out of 100 Bad -
Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chunky Nabisco · 11.75 oz Score 1 out of 100 Bad -
Whey Protein Chips Ahoy Ghost Score 17 out of 100 Bad -
Classic Cookies Great Value · 18.2 oz/516 g Score 1 out of 100 Bad -
Classic white bread Love’s Fresh Score 44 out of 100 Okay
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (5)
- e342
- ammonium phosphate
- ammonium phosphates
- diammonium phosphate
- monoammonium phosphate
Sources
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”
efsa.europa.eu