Food Grade Tricalcium Phosphate

White shapeless powder; odorless; relative density: 3.18; hardly soluble in water but easily soluble in diluted Hydrochloric Acid and Nitric Acid; stable in air.

In 25kg composite plastic woven/paper bag with PE liner.

Storage and transport:To be stored in a dry, ventilate and clean warehouse; Valid for two years.

In food industry, it is used as anti-caking agent, nutritional supplement (calcium intensifier), PH regulator and buffer, e.g. to act as anti-caking agent in flour, additives in milk powder, candy, pudding, condiment, and meat; as auxiliary in refinery of animal oil and yeast food.

Commonly, we add this product according to the proportion of 0.2-0.5%.

It can be adjustable according to the actual situation.

Detailed Description


Food Garde Tricalcium Phosphate
Molecular formula:Ca3(PO4)2
Molecular Weight:310.18
Quality standards:

Name of indexes

GB1886.3-2021

FCC

USP

E 341 (ii)

Description

White powder

White powder

-

white, odourless powder

Assay %

34.0-40.0(as Ca)

34.0-40.0(as Ca)

34.0-40.0(as Ca)

≥90(on the ignited basis)

P2O5 Content(on the Anhydrous basis)

-

-

-

38.5--48.0%

Identification A

-

yellow precipitate forms

-

Identification B

-

white precipitate forms

Passes test

-

Test for calcium

-

-

-

Passes test

Test for phosphate

-

-

-

Passes test

Solubility

-

-

-

Practically insoluble in water; insoluble in ethanol, soluble in dilute hydrochloric and nitric acid

Loss on Ignition≤ %

10.0

10.0

8.0

8.0(800 °C ± 25 °C,0.5 hour)

Arsenic  ≤

3.0mg/kg

3 mg/kg

3ppm

1.0 mg/kg

Fluorine  ≤

75.0mg/kg

0.0075%

75ppm

50.0 mg/kg (expressed as fluorine)

Heavy metals(As Pb)≤

10mg/kg

-

30ppm

-

Lead    ≤

2.0mg/kg

2 mg/kg

-

1.0 mg/kg

Cadmium  ≤

-

-

-

1.0 mg/kg

Mercury  ≤

-

-

-

1.0 mg/kg

Chloride ≤%

-

-

0.14

-

Sulfate  ≤%

-

-

0.8

-

Acid-Insoluble Substances  ≤%

-

-

0.2

-

Water-Soluble Substances ≤%

-

-

0.5

-

Aluminium  ≤

-

-

-

Not more than 150 mg/kg (only if added to food for infants and young children)

Not more than 200 mg/kg (for all uses except food for infants and young children).

Barium

-

-

Passes test

-

Carbonate

-

-

Passes test

-

Clear grade

Passes test

-

-

-

Nitrate

-

-

Passes test

-

Dibasic Salt and Calcium Oxide

-

-

Passes test

-





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