Is Calcium Carbonate safe?
Calcium Carbonate has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact:
No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 187 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA
Also known as
Calcium Carbonate is also known as e170, chalk, calcite, limestone, calcium carbonate — these all refer to the same ingredient.
calcium carbonate
e170
chalk
limestone
calcite
mineral substances calcium carbonate and elemental iron