Calcium Chloride (Calcic) Granules 1.8Kg Zip



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Calcium chloride (Mineral Salt 509) is a compound of calcium and chlorine and is a sequestrant agent. It is highly soluble in water and has a strong affinity for moisture. It is a salt that is solid at room temperature, and it behaves as a typical ionic halide. Mainly used as a setting agent for tofu production but finding use as an electrolyte provider for sports applications.

Calcium Chloride use in Food
The main function for calcium chloride in food production is as a firming agent. Firming agents aid in turning liquids into solids some well known examples are tofu and cheese manufacture. Due to the chloride part of this product it can be used as an additive to pickling brine without loading up the solution with unwanted sodium. The use rate of Calcium Chloride in food manufacture is relatively small so this quantity is ideal for small scale food manufacturers or busy modernist cuisine kitchens.

Calcium Chloride and its roll in spherisation
A calcium chloride solution will react with a sodium alginate containing mass on contact, this is the basis of spherisation. This reaction produces a thin skin at the reaction site thereby encapsulating the contents. This skin thickness can be increased by a longer soaking time in the calcium chloride bath. If the spheres are in the bath too long they will become solid, like little lead shot pellets.

Calcium Chloride use in other non food applications
It has several common non food applications such as brine for refrigeration plants, aquarium water stabilisation, ice and dust control on roads, and in cement. It can be produced directly from limestone, but large amounts are also produced as a by-product of the Solvay process.

WARNINGS
This product, when mixed with water, is very exothermic (generates heat). Care should be taken and large volumes not mixed at once. Your plastic pail may melt.

(F00568)

SKU F00568
Shipping Weight (Cubic Weight) 2.1200kg
Unit Of Measure ea

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