Talk:Calcium lactate

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Since it's not here elsewhere, i'd like to add that most/some(?) forms of Calcium lactate found in food supplements are not made from milk or milk by-products - but by reactive chemistry. therefore if it says lactate on the label, dont assume it's not suitable for vegans :) unless you dont like eating chalk...

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Used as a baking powder?[edit]

This article maintains that calcium lactate is used as a "baking powder". It seems to me that it would be more accurate to say that it's used in baking powder.

Baking powder is usually a combination of sodium bicarbonate and an acidic agent (with the exception of the use of ammonium bicarbonate in some dry cookies and crackers). When the acidic agent is sodium acid pyrophosphate, calcium lactate can be used as a source of calcium in order to delay leavening (Source: Baking Science and Technology, E.J. Pyler, Sosland Publishing, 1988, page 933).

As far as I know you can't use calcium lactate alone to leaven baked goods. If I'm missing something here, call me on it. I worked in the baking industry for years, but I'm not a chemist and there's big gaps in my knowledge when you get down to specifics about the chemistry involved. Ormewood (talk) 06:44, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK...I'm going to change the article. If you want to revert it, please leave an explanation here.Ormewood (talk) 23:23, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stereochemistry ?[edit]

According to the structural formula the configuration of both stereocenters is (S). In other words this is a derivative of L-lactic acid. However, neither the IUPAC name nor the text give precise information regarding the configuration of both stereocenters. Best regards, --Jü (talk) 19:06, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]