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Phosphate guide and calculator
What phosphate does in your product, what has worked to replace it, and the P2O5 and sodium it adds.
Pick the application
Choose where the phosphate goes, then whether you want to choose one or cut it down.
Phosphate added, as P2O5
| Phosphate | Added | P2O5 | P | Sodium |
|---|
Worked from each salt's chemical formula. Phosphorus already present in the meat, milk or flour is not included.
Inputs used
From SpecSol
Phosphates, and the systems that reduce them
SpecSol supplies food phosphates and the fibres, starches, proteins and hydrocolloids used to cut them back. Tell the team the application and whether you want the right phosphate or less of it, and it can suggest a system and send samples.
Method, limits and sources
What this does not do. It gives no doses, and it does not tell you whether a phosphate is permitted in your product or how much: that is set by the food regulations for your product and market, so check them. The P2O5 figures cover only the phosphates you enter, not the phosphorus naturally in the food.
Method
- Each salt's phosphorus, sodium and potassium content is calculated from its chemical formula using standard atomic weights.
- P2O5 is phosphorus expressed as phosphorus pentoxide: each 2 atoms of phosphorus count as one P2O5, which is how many regulations and specifications state phosphate.
- The guide's statements come from the studies below; where none is cited, it is standard food technology.
Sources
Reducing phosphate, or choosing the right one?
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Produced with the phosphate guide at specsol.in. Arithmetic on the values entered; no doses or regulatory limits are implied. SpecSol Ingredients LLP, Mumbai.
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