What are the effects and benefits of calcium phosphate?

Calcium phosphate has effects such as promoting development and relieving fatigue, and can be used as a medicine to treat diseases as well as a food additive. In addition, calcium phosphate is also often used in medicine as a bone health supplement to treat osteoarthritis, back pain and prevent osteoporosis or bones becoming brittle, etc.

In daily life, the uses of calcium phosphate:

1. Used as a mordant, and also for the coloring of ceramics, glass, coatings, etc.

2. Used as a poultry feed additive. It can promote feed digestion and increase poultry body weight. At the same time, it can also treat rickets, osteomalacia, etc. in livestock.

3. Used as an anti-caking agent; China stipulates that it can be used in solid beverages, with a maximum usage amount of 8.0g/kg; it can also be used in wheat flour, with a maximum usage amount of 0.03g/kg. It can also be used as a nutritional fortifier, pH regulator and buffering agent.

4. Used to manufacture ceramics, colored glass and opal glass. It can be used as a dental adhesive, plastic stabilizer, polishing powder, syrup clarifying agent and chemical fertilizer. It is also used in the rubber and printing and dyeing industries. In medicine it is used as an antacid (used by patients with excessive stomach acid).

5. In the food industry it is used as an anti-caking agent, nutritional supplement, flavor enhancer, buffering agent and pH regulator, and can also be used as a poultry feed additive and antacid.

Although calcium phosphate can be used as a food additive and medicine, it can also cause poisoning when the dosage is relatively large, so everyone must follow medical advice when consuming it and use it strictly according to the reference standards.