Calcium Carbonate (Food Grade)

Applications:
1. Calcium supplements: Calcium carbonate is an important calcium supplement used to prevent and treat osteoporosis, as well as meet the calcium needs of children, pregnant and lactating women, menopausal women, and the elderly.

2. Thickener and stabilizer: Calcium carbonate can increase the thickness and stability of food, improve the texture and taste of food, such as in dairy products, sauces, jellies, and ice cream.

3. Acidity regulator: In acidic foods, calcium carbonate can neutralize acidic components, balance the acidity and alkalinity of the food, and improve the taste and balance of the food.

4. Leavening agent: Calcium carbonate can be used as a leavening agent, compounded with other ingredients such as sodium bicarbonate, alum, etc., to produce a uniform and delicate leavening body in food, improving the quality of pastries, bread, and biscuits.

5. Nutritional fortifier: Calcium carbonate is used as a nutritional fortifier in dairy products, meat products, flour products, milk powder, dairy tablets, beverages, etc., to increase calcium nutritional content, make them fluffy, and have a better taste.

6. Curing agent: Calcium carbonate can be used as a curing agent in some food processing processes.

7. Flour processing agent: In flour processing, calcium carbonate can be used as a processing agent to improve the properties and processing performance of flour.

8. Anti caking agent: In some dry foods, calcium carbonate can be used as an anti caking agent to prevent food particles from aggregating

Technical Data

Item	Specification
Appearance	White powder
Identification (Test for Calcium)	Passes the test
Assay(On dried basis)	98.5~100.5%
Acid-insoluble Substances	≤0.2%
Arsenic(As)	≤3 ppm
Barium	≤300 ppm
Cadmium	≤2 ppm
Lead (Pb)	≤3 ppm
Fluoride	≤50 ppm
Magnesium & Alkali salts	≤1.0%
Mercury(as Hg)	≤1 ppm
Loss on drying(200℃ for 4 h)	≤2.0%