Ethyl gallate is a food additive with E number E313.

It is the ethyl ester of gallic acid.

Ethyl gallate is added to food as an antioxidant.

Though found naturally in a variety of plant sources including walnuts[2] Terminalia myriocarpa[3] or chebulic myrobolan (Terminalia chebula),[4] ethyl gallate is produced from gallic acid and ethanol.

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