Extensive use of food grade calcium sulfate

In the food industry, its official name is called "food grade calcium sulfate", commonly known as "edible gypsum", it can only use natural gypsum production, no chemical gypsum added. Its application in food has a history of thousands of years, in the initial application in China is widely familiar to the calcium sulfate for tofu, with the development of society, practice strict inspection of safety, non-toxic sulfate as food additive calcium (food grade gypsum) in food industry is more and more widely used.

The use of calcium sulfate food include: nutrition, yeast activator, dough properties modifier, curing agent, chelating agent, gel agent, fermentation powder, carrier, filler, pH regulator, grinding agent. In these uses it is primarily used in baked goods. It is used as a curing agent in the canned tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, bean and pepper. Calcium sulfate is also used as an ingredient for sweets, ice cream and other frozen desserts. Calcium sulfate is also used in beer brewing, in the malt processing process to add this product as an increase in the content of calcium in water. Calcium sulfate is used as a grinding agent in a cleaning agent for contact with food. Calcium sulfate is also used in cosmetics and toothpaste.