YenzoWhat is E470 (salts of fatty acids)?
E470 stands for salts of fatty acids. Appendix 1 of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT has three entries, INS 470(i), 470(ii) and 470(iii), with these functions: anticaking agent, emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener.
E470Salts of fatty acids (type not printed)
E470 stands for salts of fatty acids. Appendix 1 of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT has three entries, INS 470(i), 470(ii) and 470(iii), with these functions: anticaking agent, emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener.
Did you know? Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT splits E470 into three separate entries: INS 470(i) (salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid), 470(ii) (salts of oleic acid) and 470(iii) (magnesium stearate).
- Code
- E470 · INS 470
In Vietnam✓ PermittedOn the list of permitted additives — Circular 24/2019, Appendix 1
Risk level on the Yenzo Scalevery low?Based on the Open Food Facts additives taxonomy
How E470 appears on labels
IngredientsIllustrative example
Wheat flour, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, anticaking agent (470), dried onion and garlic, pepper, natural colour (160a).
anticaking agent (470)anticaking agent 470E470INS 470
Salts of fatty acids in food
Fermented milk
Renin-coagulated milk
Fresh meat
Frozen fish and fish productsCooked fish and fishery productsOther sugars and syrups
Salt substitutes
Coffee, tea and herbal drinksQuestions about salts of fatty acids
Is a fatty acid salt harmful?
In 2018 EFSA concluded that there is no need for a numerical ADI and that the salts of fatty acids (E 470a, E 470b) are of no safety concern at the reported uses and use levels. EFSA noted that the fatty acid moieties of the two additives contribute at most 5% of the overall intake of saturated fatty acids from all dietary sources.
Is E470 permitted in Vietnam?
Yes. Appendix 1 of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT, the list of additives permitted in food, has the entries INS 470(i), 470(ii) and 470(iii).
Other anticaking agents
E421Mannitolvery lowE460Cellulosevery lowE470aSodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acidsvery lowE470bMagnesium salts of fatty acidsvery lowE500Sodium carbonatesvery lowE504Magnesium carbonatesvery low
See all anticaking agents →Found in these products
Updated 21 October 2026
Sources (3)
- Open Food Facts additives taxonomy (Yenzo's table cites no EFSA opinion for this code). Codex CXG 36-1989, Class Names and the International Numbering System (INS) (INS 470); class of E470a and E470b: Open Food Facts additives taxonomy, https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/blob/main/taxonomies/additives.txt (entry en:e470a) | Open Food Facts additives taxonomy, https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/blob/main/taxonomies/additives.txt (entry en:e470b)
- Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT), Phụ lục 2A: nhóm thực phẩm được phép dùng INS 470(i) và 470(ii)
- EFSA Journal (2018). Re-evaluation of sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids (E 470a) and magnesium salts of fatty acids (E 470b) as food additives