Sodium gluconate: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 06:46 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: New page for Lucozade Energy Orange 6 x 380 ml (5054267000247), named by family/lucozade-energy. Identity, ingredients and front nutrition panel read from the Open Food Facts photographs (2018 bottle,. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sodium gluconate <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sodium gluconate
e_number: E576
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name  | type     | locale | from | until |
| ----- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| E576  | e_number |        |      |       |
| E 576 | search   |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref       | url                                                                     | title                                                                                                              | accessed   | publisher          | kind        | published  | record_id     | locator          | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| wiki-sg   | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_gluconate                          | Wikipedia: Sodium gluconate                                                                                        | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia          | publication |            |               |                  | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors       |          |
| eu1333    | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1333/annex/II/part/B/2020-12-31 | Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II Part B: Union list of food additives (text as it stood on 31 December 2020) | 2026-09-26 | legislation.gov.uk | registry    | 2008-12-16 |               | Annex II, Part B |              |                              |          |
| offphoto2 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/505/426/700/0247/2.jpg | Open Food Facts photo 2: ingredient list of a 380 ml bottle                                                        | 2026-09-26 | Open Food Facts    | pack        | 2018-05-01 | 5054267000247 | Ingredients      | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sodium gluconate is the sodium salt of gluconic acid, formula NaC6H11O7, a white water-soluble powder valued as a chelating agent.[^wiki-sg] As a food additive it carries the E number E576 in the Union list of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.[^eu1333] On soft drink labels such as Lucozade Energy Orange it is declared as an acidity regulator.[^offphoto2]
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