Calcium Phosphate

(in 1,294 products)

1. Acidity Regulator / Buffering Agent - Changes or maintains the acidity or basicity of food/cosmetics.

2. Anti-caking Agent - Prevents lumps from forming in food due to excess water. They usually function as a water repellent or by absorbing excess moisture.

3. Binder / Stabilizer - Retains the physical characteristics of food/cosmetics and ensure the mixture remains in an even state.

4. Dietary / Nutritional Supplement - Vitamins, minerals, proteins, fatty acids or probiotics that improves nutritional intake

5. Emulsifier - Allows water and oils to remain mixed together to form an emulsion.

6. Humectant - Binds with water to increase skin hydration. Also enhances water absorption of the skin

7. Insecticide / Pesticide - Kills or inhibits unwanted organisms

Calcium Phosphate is the calcium salt of phosphoric acid with widely used applications. This agent can be used as a countermeasure for exposure to strontium and radium radionuclides. Upon oral uptake, calcium phosphate competes for and blocks the absorption of radium (Ra-226) and strontium ( Sr-90 ) in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. [1]

1. PubChem: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24456

1. US FDA Food Additives Status List [2018]

- Calcium phosphate (mono-, di, or tribasic)

2. EU Approved Food Additive [2018]

- E341

3. US FDA Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) (21 CFR 182) [2017]

- § 182.1217 - Calcium phosphate, § 182.8217 - Calcium phosphate