Applications / Uses
Firming agent: Added to canned fruits and vegetables to maintain a crisp texture and prevent them from becoming soft during processing and storage.
Cheese production: Helps in the curd formation process when added to milk, leading to a more consistent and higher-quality cheese.
Pickling: Used in pickling brine to help maintain the firmness of pickles and can be used as a substitute for some sodium chloride.
Preservative: Can act as a preservative to extend the shelf life of various food products.
Molecular gastronomy: Essential for techniques like spherification, which creates spheres with a liquid center.
Electrolyte replacement: Used to treat conditions like hypocalcemia (low blood calcium) and to manage the effects of hyperkalemia (high potassium levels).
Cardiac support: Included in cardioplegic solutions used during heart surgery to stop the heart.
Antidote: Utilized to counteract the effects of certain drug overdoses, such as calcium channel blocker or beta-blocker overdose.
Desiccant: Acts as a drying agent in packaging to protect pharmaceutical products from moisture, which can degrade their quality and stability.
Dietary Information: The product is suitable for the following nutrition: Kosher, Halal, Vegetarian, Vegan
Allergen Free, GMO Free, Irradiation Free
Specifications
| Grade | IP | BP | EP | USP | FCC |
| Description | A white, crystalline powder or fragments or granules; odourless; hygroscopic | White or almost white, crystalline powder, hygroscopic | White or almost white, crystalline powder, hygroscopic | White, hard, odourless fragments or granules. | White hard fragments, granules or powder, it is deliquescent |
| Identification | It gives reactions (A) and (B) of calcium and reaction A of chloride salts | It gives reactions (a) of chlorides, it gives reactions of Calcium | It gives reactions (a) of chlorides, it gives reactions of Calcium | It gives reactions of chlorides &Calcium. | Positive to the test of Calcium and Chloride |
| Solubility | Freely soluble in water and in ethanol (95%). | Freely soluble in water, soluble in 96% ethanol | Freely soluble in water, soluble in 96% ethanol | Freely soluble in water, in alcohol, very soluble in boiling water | It is soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol |
| Clarity and colour of solution (10%) | Solution A is clear and not more intensely coloured than reference solution | Solution S is clear and not more intensely colored than reference solution | Solution S is clear and not more intensely colored than reference solution Y6 | - | - |
| Acidity/Alkalinity | NMT 0.2 ml of 0.01M of NaOH or 0.01 M HCl | NMT 0.2 ml of 0.01M of NaOH or 0.01 M HCl | NMT 0.2 ml of 0.01M of NaOH or 0.01 M HCl | - | - |
| Sulphate | NMT. 300 ppm | NMT. 300 ppm | NMT. 300 ppm | - | - |
| Iron | NMT. 20 ppm | NMT. 10 ppm | NMT. 10 ppm | No Turbidity or precipitate is produced | - |
| Barium | No opalescence Present | No opalescence Present | No opalescence Present | - | - |
| Magnesium & Alkali Metals | NMT 1.0 % | NMT. 0.5 % | NMT. 0.5 % | NMT. 5 mg / 1.0% | NMT 4.0% |
| Heavy Metals | NMT. 10 ppm | - | NMT. 20 ppm | - | - |
| Arsenic | NMT. 3 ppm | - | - | - | NMT. 3 mg/kg |
| Lead | - | - | - | - | NMT. 5 mg/kg |
| Aluminium & Phosphate | No Turbidity or precipitation | NMT 1 PPM | NMT 1 PPM | No Turbidity or precipitate is produced | - |
| Fluoride | - | - | - | - | NMT. 0.004% |
| Assay | 97%-103% | 97%-103% | 97%-103% | 99%-107% | NLT 99.0% & NMT 107% |
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