Our Guide to Food Ingredients is very helpful in deciphering ingredient labels. It lists the uses, sources, and definitions of 200 common food ingredients. It is a common food additive, which is often used to condition dough or to blend together ingredients that do not normally blend, such as oil and water.
Sodium is a mineral which is added.
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