Flavoring Agents; Protectors and Developers / Hog Scald Agents / Miscellaneous / Poultry scald agents
Sodium tripolyphosphate
Parameters
- Chart entries
- 4
- Purposes
- To help protect flavor; To remove hair; To decrease the amount of cooked out juices; To remove feathers
- Curing agent
- no
9 CFR 424.21, chart at paragraph (c). eCFR as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04.
Permitted uses and amounts
| Class | Purpose | Products | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flavoring Agents; Protectors and Developers | To help protect flavor | “Fresh Beef,” 2 “Beef for further cooking, “Cooked Beef,” Beef Patties, Meat Loaves, Meat Toppings, and similar products derived from pork, lamb, veal, mutton, and goat meat which are cooked or frozen after processing | 0.5 percent of total product. |
| Hog Scald Agents | To remove hair | Hog carcasses | Sufficient for purpose. |
| Miscellaneous | To decrease the amount of cooked out juices | Meat food products except where otherwise prohibited by the meat inspection regulations and poultry food products except where otherwise prohibited by the poultry products inspection regulations | For meat food products, 5 percent of phosphate in pickle at 10 percent pump level; 0.5 percent of phosphate in meat food product (only clear solution may be injected into meat food product). For poultry products, 0.5 percent of total product. |
| Poultry scald agents | To remove feathers | Poultry carcasses | Sufficient for purpose. |
Buying it
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- Lowest new, checked 2026-09-04
- $7.59
- Brand
- Modernist Pantry
- ASIN
- B09ZJ5W9MP
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Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), Title 9, 9 CFR 424.21. Parsed from eCFR XML as in force on 2026-01-01, retrieved 2026-09-04. Read the section