Description
- As a food additive it is designated E170, and it has an INS number of 170. Used as an acidity regulator, anticaking agent, stabilizer or color it is approved for usage in the EU, US and Australia and New Zealand.
- It is used in soy milkand almond milk products as a source of dietary calcium.
- Calcium carbonate is a key ingredient in household cleaning powders like Comet and is used as a scrubbing agent.
- It is used in the pharmaceutical industry as an inert filler for tablets and other pharmaceuticals.
- is used as a cheap method of neutralizing acidic soil, making it suitable for planting, also used in aquaculture industry for pH regulation of pond soil before initiating culture.
- In Cosmetics : Calcium Carbonate makes a great absorber in foundations, primers and finishing powders.
