Calcium Lactate

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Calcium lactate is a food additive from the group of antioxidants that is used in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

The common name for calcium lactate is E327 additive. Synonyms for the name of the substance that can be found on the packaging of products containing calcium lactate - calcinol, calcium lactic acid, calcium salt of lactic acid, calcium dilactate, calcium lactate.

Calcium lactate is obtained by treating lactic acid with hydroxide or carbonate.

Calcium lactate dissolves in hot water, poorly soluble in ether, ethanol, cold water.

The use of E327 as an additive in the food industry is permitted in Russia, Ukraine, and EU countries.

The use of calcium lactate in the food industry

The value of E327 for the food industry is due to the fact that the additive improves the structure of products and their taste.

Also, calcium lactate is used as a food for yeast, acidity regulator, hardener, salt substitute, antioxidant enhancer, emulsifying salt, moisture-retaining agent.

Calcium lactate is added to fruit juices, drinks based on them, confectionery products - to enrich them with calcium.

The food additive is used in the production of canned fruit - it allows you to keep the fruit firm.

In the production of jelly, fruit desserts, jams, marmalade, calcium lactate is used as a gelling salt - to give density to products. This property of the additive is explained by the fact that calcium acts as a cementing agent for pectins found in fruits.

E327 is used in bakery production as a flour quality improver.

Calcium lactate is added to boiled, cooked-smoked and smoked, liver sausages, small sausages, sausages, brawn, meat delicacies, meat semi-finished products. Here the E327 additive plays the role of a substance that increases the microbial stability of products, allows them to increase their shelf life, enhances the taste of products, restores their color. An increase in the shelf life of food products is possible due to the fact that calcium lactate inhibits pathogenic bacteria E-coli, listeria, salmonella, staphylococcus, botulism pathogens, lactic acid bacteria.

What are the benefits and harms of calcium lactate for humans

First of all, the E327 food supplement compares favorably with other supplements in that it contains calcium necessary for human life. It is noted that there is more calcium in the "calcium lactate" substance than in calcium gluconate.

Doctors recommend calcium lactate for pregnant women, nursing mothers, actively growing children, women going through the period after menopause, allergy sufferers, those who suffer from an increased tendency to bleeding, skin diseases, high vascular permeability.

The substance will be useful for those who are rapidly losing calcium due to chronic diarrhea, while taking anticonvulsants and diuretics, glucocorticoids.

Calcium allows you to keep the smooth and skeletal muscles in good shape, ensures normal blood clotting, the transmission of nerve impulses. It is necessary for those who are poisoned by fluoride, oxalic acids, magnesium salts.

It is undesirable to eat foods that contain calcium lactate for those who have been found to have: congenital lactose intolerance, hypercalcemia caused by bone metastases, sarcoidosis, as well as atherosclerosis, thrombosis.

Heartburn may occur after consuming calcium lactate.

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