Transglutaminase

Hazard level: Low health concern

What is Transglutaminase?

Enzyme used to bind pieces of meat/fish together ("meat glue").

Is Transglutaminase safe?

Transglutaminase is considered low concern by food-safety agencies.

Score impact: −3 points on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 14 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Also known as

Transglutaminase is also known as transglutaminase — these all refer to the same ingredient.

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Where Transglutaminase is typically found

Meats And Their Products Meats Pork And Its Products Pork

Related additives

Salt (Sodium Chloride) Sodium Nitrite (E250) Glucose (Dextrose) Pork Meat Carmine (Cochineal extract) (E120) Natural Flavouring Water potato starch Sugar (Sucrose) Polyphosphates (E452)

Products containing Transglutaminase

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