Food additive · Acidity regulator / phosphate

Calcium phosphate

E-number
E341

Calcium phosphate salts used as leavening, anti-caking agents and calcium sources.

  • Food additive
  • Phosphate additive
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points calcium phosphate costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Low concernStrong evidence

    EFSA (2019) set a group ADI for phosphates of 40 mg/kg body weight (as phosphorus) and noted that infants, toddlers and children may exceed it. [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list calcium phosphate

1,044 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list calcium phosphate. The 12 most scanned:

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (30)
  • e341
  • calcium phosphate
  • calcium phosphates
  • raising agent e341
  • dicalcium phosphate
  • tricalcium phosphate
  • monocalcium phosphate
  • acid calcium phosphate
  • anti caking agent e341
  • calcium phosphate dibasic
  • calcium hydrogen phosphate
  • calcium phosphate tribasic
  • tribasic calcium phosphate
  • dicalcium phosphate dihydrate
  • stabiliser dicalcium phosphate
  • monocalcium phosphate leavening
  • bulking agent calcium phosphates
  • raising agent calcium phosphates
  • raising agents calcium phosphate
  • raising agents calcium phosphates
  • anticaking agent calcium phosphate
  • anti caking agent calcium phosphates
  • raising agents monocalcium phosphate
  • acidity regulators calcium phosphates
  • anti caking agents calcium phosphates
  • anticaking agent tricalcium phosphate
  • tricalcium phosphate anticaking agent
  • acidity regulator tricalcium phosphate
  • anti caking agent tricalcium phosphate
  • acidity regulator monocalcium phosphate

Sources

  1. EFSA issues new advice on phosphates

    European Food Safety Authority · Jun 12, 2019 · Agency assessment

    “We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”

    efsa.europa.eu