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
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
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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:
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Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Buttermilk Kodiak · 2041.165665 Score 53 out of 100 Okay -
Honey Wheat Bread Nature's Own · 20 oz Score 30 out of 100 Poor -
Honey Maid Graham Crackers Honey Maid · 14.4 oz (408 g) Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Mac & Cheese Kraft · 7.25 oz Score 59 out of 100 Okay -
Catalina Crunch Cinnamon Toast Protein Cereal Catalina Crunch · 24 oz Score 61 out of 100 Good -
Power Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix Kodiak · 567 g Score 68 out of 100 Good -
Ritz Crackers the original Ritz · 13.7 oz (388 g) Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
Oat-Milk Oatly · 64 fl oz Score 65 out of 100 Good -
Honey Wheat Bread Sara Lee · 567 g Score 21 out of 100 Poor -
Wheat Thins original Nabisco · 8.5 oz Score 31 out of 100 Poor -
Fresh Stacks the Original Ritz · 11.8 oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
Goldfish Cheddar Goldfish · 6.6 oz (187 g) Score 43 out of 100 Okay
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
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“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