Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate (E 432), polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (E 433), polyoxyethylene sorbitan monopalmitate (E 434), polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate (E 435) and polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate (E 436) as food additives

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food additive; polysorbate 20 (E 432); polysorbate 40 (E 434); polysorbate 60 (E 435); polysorbate 65 (E 436); polysorbate 80 (E 433)

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DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4152     Document Type: Article

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