Comparing E504 - Magnesium carbonates vs E542 - Bone phosphate

Overview

E504 - Magnesium carbonates

Magnesium carbonates (E504) are mineral-based additives that help powdered foods flow and mix evenly. They act mainly as anti-caking agents and carriers, and sometimes as mild acidity regulators. You may spot them in table salt, spice mixes, powdered drinks, and chewing gum.

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E542 - Bone phosphate

Bone phosphate (E542) is a calcium phosphate prepared from edible animal bones. Food makers use it in tiny amounts to keep powders free-flowing or to carry other ingredients evenly. Because it comes from animal sources, it does not fit vegetarian, vegan, kosher, or halal diets unless a product is specifically certified.

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Synonyms
E504
Magnesium carbonates
E542
Bone phosphate
Bone phosphate (Essentiale Calcium Phosphate‚ Tribasic)
Functions
acidity regulatoranticaking agentcarrier
anticaking agent
Origins
Synthetic
Mineral
Animal
Products

Found in 17 products

Found in 2 products

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Popular questions

  1. What category is e504 in ruby princess?

    In food additives, E504 is magnesium carbonates, classified mainly as a carrier and also used as an anti-caking and acidity-regulating/rising agent.

  2. What year is a tree farmer skidder serial number e504-019?

    That serial number isn’t related to the food additive; in food labeling, E504 refers to magnesium carbonates used as a carrier/anti-caking/acidity regulator.

  3. Why take calcium and magnesium carbonates?

    They are used as antacids to neutralize stomach acid and as mineral supplements to provide calcium and magnesium; in foods they also serve as acidity regulators and anti-caking agents.

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  1. Bone is what percent calcium phosphate?

    Roughly 60–70% of bone by weight is mineral, and that mineral is predominantly calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite); E542 is essentially this bone‑derived calcium phosphate used as a food additive.

  2. How do calcium and phosphate work together bone?

    They combine to form hydroxyapatite crystals that mineralize and stiffen the collagen scaffold of bone; E542 is that calcium phosphate mineral when isolated from animal bone for food use.

  3. How does bone tissue matrix serve as a storage site for calcium and phosphate ions?

    Bone stores calcium and phosphate as hydroxyapatite in its matrix and releases/deposits them through remodeling to help maintain blood levels; E542 corresponds to this mineral fraction extracted from bone.

  4. How does calcium or phosphate affect bone growth?

    Adequate calcium and phosphate are required for normal bone growth and mineralization, while deficiencies or imbalances impair skeletal development; as a food additive, E542 isn’t intended as a nutrient source and is used only in small amounts.

  5. How does calcium phosphate compare to bone?

    Calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) is the inorganic mineral that makes bone hard, but natural bone also contains collagen and water; E542 is just this mineral component without the organic matrix.

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