E407a is processed eucheuma seaweed (PES). Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT lists it with many functions, among them thickener, gelling agent and stabilizer.
Did you know? Processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a) is made from the red seaweeds Eucheuma cottonii and Eucheuma spinosum: treated with hot aqueous alkali (KOH), washed with fresh water to remove impurities, then dried.
Wheat flour, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, thickener (407a), dried onion and garlic, pepper, natural colour (160a).
Appendix 1 of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT lists processed eucheuma seaweed (PES) (INS 407a) with the functions bulking agent, carrier, emulsifier, gelling agent, glazing agent, humectant, stabilizer and thickener.
In its 2018 re-evaluation of carrageenan (E 407) and processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a), EFSA concluded that the existing group acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 75 mg/kg body weight per day should be considered temporary, and that the data should be improved within 5 years of the opinion. EFSA noted uncertainties in the chemistry, the exposure assessment and the biological data.
Yes. Processed eucheuma seaweed (INS 407a) is listed in Appendix 1 of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT, the list of additives permitted in food.
According to EFSA's 2018 opinion, EU rules do not authorise carrageenan (E 407) and processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a) in infant formulae (category 13.1.1) or processed cereal-based foods for infants (category 13.1.3). EFSA also concurred with the EU Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) that it remains inadvisable to use carrageenan in infant formulae fed from birth. If you have a particular health condition, ask a doctor.
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