Disodium EDTA
For Disodium EDTA, jurisdiction is US FDA (21 CFR 172–178); status is permitted; citation is 21 CFR 172.135; use conditions is preservative and color retention in canned foods, dressings, sauces; limits vary by food (e.g. 75 ppm in mayonnaise, 500 ppm in canned strawberry pie filling, 36 ppm in cooked sausage as cure accelerator), recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- Additive
- Disodium EDTA verified
- Jurisdiction
- US FDA (21 CFR 172–178) our reading
- Status
- permitted our reading
- Citation
- 21 CFR 172.135 our reading
- Use conditions
- preservative and color retention in canned foods, dressings, sauces; limits vary by food (e.g. 75 ppm in mayonnaise, 500 ppm in canned strawberry pie filling, 36 ppm in cooked sausage as cure accelerator)
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
§ 172.135 Disodium EDTA. The food additive disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) may be safely used in designated foods for the purposes and in accordance with the following prescribed conditions
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-15
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-172/subpart-B