Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetates (INS-385)
Food additive with antioxidant, emulsifying, sequestrant and preservative function. It has very diverse industrial uses, because ofi ts property to form stable compounds with metal ions, suchs as calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper, lead, iron, mercury ions etc. The same action takes place in the human body, being used in medicine for treating hypercalcemia, mercury or lead intoxications, and thalassemia.