Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States

Food Additives Approved by European Union:

  • Calcium lactate [show]

General Information

Chemical Names: CALCIUM DILACTATE; CALCIUM DILACTATE HYDRATE; 2-HYDROXYPROPANOIC ACID CALCIUM SALT
CAS number: 814-80-2
INS:

327

Functional Class: Food Additives
ACIDITY_REGULATOR
FLOUR_TREATMENT_AGENT
YEAST_FOOD

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1974
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Meeting: 18
Specs Code: N
Comments: Neither D(-)-lactic acid nor DL-lactic acid should be used in infant foods
Report: NMRS 54/TRS 557-JECFA 18/25
Tox Monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/461 (1973)
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002); FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.1/241

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GSFA Provisions for CALCIUM LACTATE

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP Note 160
13.2

Complementary foods for infants and young children

GMP Note 239,Note 83
04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

10,000 mg/kg Note 58
08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP Note 281
09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note XS166,Note 41
09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 266,Note 267

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Computed Descriptors

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2D Structure
CID13144
IUPAC Namecalcium;2-hydroxypropanoate
InChIInChI=1S/2C3H6O3.Ca/c2*1-2(4)3(5)6;/h2*2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;;+2/p-2
InChI KeyMKJXYGKVIBWPFZ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Canonical SMILESCC(C(=O)[O-])O.CC(C(=O)[O-])O.[Ca+2]
Molecular Formula(C3H5O2)2Ca·nH2O (n = 0 - 5)
WikipediaL-calcium lactate

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Computed Properties

Property Name Property Value
Molecular Weight218.218
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count6
Rotatable Bond Count0
Complexity53.5
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Topological Polar Surface Area121.0
Monoisotopic Mass218.01
Exact Mass218.01
Compound Is CanonicalizedTrue
Formal Charge0
Heavy Atom Count13
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count2
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Isotope Atom Count0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count3

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Taxonomic Classification

KingdomOrganic compounds
SuperclassOrganic acids and derivatives
ClassCarboxylic acids and derivatives
SubclassCarboxylic acid derivatives
Intermediate Tree NodesNot available
Direct ParentCarboxylic acid salts
Alternative Parents
Molecular FrameworkNot available
SubstituentsSecondary alcohol - Carboxylic acid salt - Organic calcium salt - Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives - Carboxylic acid - Organic oxygen compound - Organic oxide - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic salt - Organic zwitterion - Organooxygen compound - Carbonyl group - Alcohol - Aliphatic acyclic compound
DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as carboxylic acid salts. These are ionic derivatives of carboxylic acid.

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