Polyvinyl Alcohol

E1203
Hazard level: No known concerns Colourant (E100–199)

What is Polyvinyl Alcohol?

Synthetic polymer used as a film-coating agent for food supplements.

Is Polyvinyl Alcohol safe?

Polyvinyl Alcohol has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.

Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 1 of 12,817 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EU E1203

Also known as

Polyvinyl Alcohol is also known as pva, pvoh, e1203, polyvinyl alcohol, поливинилов алкохол — these all refer to the same ingredient.

polyvinyl alcohol pva pvoh e1203 поливинилов алкохол

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Products containing Polyvinyl Alcohol

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