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Monopotassium L-glutamate

CAS 19473-49-5

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

997-42-2 · 70938-17-9

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Monopotassium L-glutamate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Potassium (2S)-2-amino-4-carboxybutanoate · 5-potassium hydrogen l-glutamate · L-Glutamic acid, potassium salt (1:1) · Monopotassium glutamate · Potassium diglutamate · Potassium glutamate

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Potassium glutaminate

What it does

Used in consumer products as a flavouring.

  • Flavouring
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Monopotassium L-glutamate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Monopotassium L-glutamate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated February 8, 2019

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Monopotassium L-glutamate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1

Named organisations

1

Laboratory supplies

Typical roles

Flavouring
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