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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sequestrants 824<br />

NAME: Calcium gluconate<br />

CATEGORY: Sequestrant<br />

FOOD USE: Pickled cucumbers/ Cured meats/ Sugar substitute/ Coffee powders/ Gelatin and puddings/ Dairy<br />

product analogues/ Canned fruit and vegetables/ Baked goods/ Jams and jellies<br />

SYNONYMS: D-Gluconic acid calcium salt/ Calciofon/ Caglucon/ Calcium di-gluconate/ Calcium di-D-gluconate<br />

monohydrate/ INS 578/ E578<br />

FORMULA: Ca(C6 H11 O7)2 · H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 430.38–448.39<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline granules<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 120, loses H 2O<br />

PURITY %: 98<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 3<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10–20<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C 3.3<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Used in fruits and vegetables as a firming agent<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Store in well-closed containers. pH 6–7 aqueous solution

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