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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Nutritive Additives 618<br />

NAME: Calcium lactate pentahydrate<br />

CATEGORY: Nutritive additive<br />

FOOD USE: Beverages/ Breads/ Cereals/ Cornmeal/ Dietary supplements/ Dietetic foods/ Farina/ Flour/ Formulated<br />

liquid diets/ Infant formulae/ Juices/ Meal replacements/ Pasta/ Rice<br />

SYNONYMS: CAS 814-80-2/ EINECS 212-406-7<br />

FORMULA: + C6 H10 Ca O6<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 218 (anhydrous)<br />

PROPERTIES: Odourless; tasteless; neutral; hygroscopic. Bioavailability of pure compound is good, but may be<br />

altered in presence of other food components<br />

APPEARANCE: White effervescent granules or powder<br />

PURITY %: 98<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: Very soluble in hot water<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Enrichment, fortification, or restoration. Also used as a preservative<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, calcium citrate, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium hydroxide,<br />

calcium oxide, calcium phosphate monobasic, calcium phosphate dibasic, calcium phosphate tribasic,<br />

calcium pyrophosphate, calcium sulphate, ground limestone

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