Magnesium chloride: version 1

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# Magnesium chloride <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Magnesium chloride
e_number: E511
vegan: yes
vegetarian: yes
allergen: none
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name   | type     | locale | from | until |
| ------ | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| E511   | e_number |        |      |       |
| MgCl2  | name     |        |      |       |
| nigari | name     | ja     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                              | title                         | accessed   | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ---- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_chloride | Wikipedia: Magnesium chloride | 2026-09-26 |           |      |           |           |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Magnesium chloride (MgCl2), food additive E511, is an inorganic salt used as a coagulant in making tofu from soy milk; in Japan the crude form from seawater is sold as nigari.[^wikipedia]
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