Food additive · Processing aid
Calcium silicate
- E-number
- E552
An anti-caking agent used in salt and spices.
- Food additive
- Anti-caking agent
- Ultra-processing marker
- 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 silicate costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list calcium silicate
35 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list calcium silicate. The 12 most scanned:
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Chicken Ramen Noodle Soup Nissin · 3 oz Score 27 out of 100 Poor -
Iodized Salt Morton · 26 oz Score 49 out of 100 Okay -
Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls King's Hawaiian · 12 oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
King's Hawaiian Roll King's Hawaiian · 16 oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
Mashed Potatoes Bob Evans · 24 oz Score 51 out of 100 Okay -
Mortons salt lite Morton · 11 oz (311 g) Score 49 out of 100 Okay -
Hot & Spicy Chicken Flavor Ramen Noodle Soup Nissin · 3.32 oz Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls King's Hawaiian · 24 oz/680 g Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
All-Purpose Iodized Sea Salt Morton · 26 oz Score 49 out of 100 Okay -
Mashed Potatoes Original Bob Evans · 32 oz/2 lb/907 g Score 51 out of 100 Okay -
Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls King's Hawaiian Score 35 out of 100 Poor -
Daily Multi Kirkland · 500 tablets Score 95 out of 100 Excellent
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 (6)
- e552
- calcium silicate
- anticaking agent calcium silicate
- calcium silicate anticaking agent
- anti caking agent calcium silicate
- calcium silicate to prevent caking