--- product_id: 47229459 title: "Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.)" brand: "cape crystal" price: "€ 21.89" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 3 category: "Cape Crystal" url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/47229459-calcium-chloride-by-cape-crystal-brands-2-oz-8-oz store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Pickling & preservation agent Cheese making enhancer Molecular gastronomy catalyst Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) **Brand:** cape crystal **Price:** € 21.89 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Elevate your kitchen game with the secret ingredient pros swear by! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) by cape crystal - **How much does it cost?** € 21.89 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/47229459-calcium-chloride-by-cape-crystal-brands-2-oz-8-oz) ## Best For - cape crystal enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cape crystal brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Certified Clean & Vegan:** 100% genuine, kosher-certified, and vegan-friendly for conscientious culinary creators. - • **Cheese Crafting Essential:** Boosts curd formation and texture for artisanal, restaurant-quality cheese at home. - • **Long-lasting Pickling Power:** Preserves and intensifies flavor with its potent salty profile, extending shelf life. - • **Firming & Dough Strengthener:** Enhances baking performance by improving dough structure and food firmness. - • **Precision Spherification Mastery:** Transforms sodium alginate into perfect liquid-centered spheres for avant-garde culinary art. ## Overview Cape Crystal's Calcium Chloride is a versatile, food-grade powder trusted for molecular gastronomy, cheese making, baking, and pickling. Kosher-certified and vegan, it catalyzes spherification, strengthens dough, and preserves foods with a potent salty taste, making it an indispensable tool for innovative and quality-focused home chefs. ## Description Product description Cape Crystal Brands understands that food is the only source that can energies and strengthen us. Keeping it in mind we present you Calcium Chloride is perfect for your DIY kitchen creation and molecular gastronomy spherification in food Calcium Chloride food thickener is an organic food thickening powder which makes you to enjoy food by providing better texture to your meal. Grab the pack add it in your meal and see how your family, friends, customers keep praising you for the art of cooking delicious food. Our High Quality, Food Grade Calcium Chloride is the perfect agent to maintain the correct consistency of your creation. Anhydrous calcium chloride must be kept in tightly-sealed air-tight containers. Use calcium chloride to keep your pickles nice and crunchy. To use, add a small amount to each jar of pickles before sealing. Old fashioned ferments such as Kimchi, sauerkraut, or traditional dill pickles will benefit from the addition of calcium chloride. If you are using our 2-liter fermentation pail, add ¼ teaspoon of calcium chloride powder. In modernist cooking, calcium chloride is used in the basic spherification process. For example, a liquid (such as melon juice) is infused with sodium alginate and then dropped into a water and calcium chloride solution, forming spheres similar to caviar. Calcium Chloride in Our Daily Life! The average intake of calcium chloride as food additives has been estimated to be 160–345 mg/day. Calcium chloride is permitted as a food additive in the European Union for use as a sequestrant and firming agent with the E number E509. It is considered generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Its use in organic crop production is generally prohibited under the US National Organic Program. Is it safe to eat calcium chloride? The uses of calcium chloride are plentiful, which leads to the know whether it’s safe or not? The use of calcium chloride in food relates to the fact that it is extremely salty in taste. It is used in brines, giving a salty taste without adding in all the sodium. It is commonly found in cheese and tofu. Calcium chloride is generally recognized as safe (GRAS). The benefits of calcium chloride As far as food additives go, calcium chloride provides plenty of benefits to your health! This is especially true when it’s used in sports drinks. It acts as one of the electrolytes, helping your body maintain fluid through activities and helps you to maintain proper muscle and nerve functioning. Uses of Calcium chloride Powder Uses In Spherification Uses in Cheese Making Used as firming agent Used in pickling Use In Cheese Making If you use store-bought, homogenized, and pasteurized milk for cheese making, you will more than likely need to add calcium chloride. The recommended measure is ¼ teaspoon per gallon of milk. Use in Spherification In modernist cooking, calcium chloride is used in the basic spherification process. For example, a liquid (such as melon juice) is infused with sodium alginate and then dropped into a water and calcium chloride solution, forming spheres similar to caviar. Calcium chloride has a strong, salty taste. For this reason, it is typically only used in the Direct Spherification technique and not Reverse Spherification Cheese Making Calcium is necessary for proper curd formation. By adding calcium chloride to the milk before adding the coagulant, calcium levels are restored. Calcium chloride is commonly used in making some goat cheese Pickling Calcium Chloride is a generic firming agent that can be used in pickling. Many people like it and swear by the results; a few still say that nothing will ever replace the crispness of an actual limed pickle. Food Additive calcium chloride in food is a firming agent, typically used to keep pickles crunchy and in canned fruits and veggies. Calcium chloride is also used in some de-icing solutions to melt snow on roads, as an additive in some plastics and for drying concrete more quickly ## Features - Used In Spherification: Calcium chloride powder is used for molecular gastronomy spherification in food to catalyze sodium alginate solutions creating in spheres that form a gelatin skin on its exterior and remain liquid in the center - Use in cheese making: Calcium chloride food grade powder is calcium salt resulting from the combination of calcium and chlorine. It is used in cheese making - Used as firming agent: Calcium chloride food grade powder is used as a firming agent in food and dough strengthening agent to improve baking functionality and thus it makes it edible - Used in pickling: Calcium chloride food grade powder has extremely salty taste thus it used as pickling agent for food and used as a preservative which keep the food preserve for more time - Relevant and Trustworthy: Calcium chloride food grade Powder is 100% genuine, vegan and relevant for cooking as it is Kosher certified ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B071YVVMBY | | Best Sellers Rank | #313,758 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ( See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food ) #1,051 in Bottled Iced Tea | | Brand | Cape Crystal | | Brand Name | Cape Crystal | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 11 Reviews | | Diet Type | Kosher, Vegan | | Flavor | Salty | | Item Form | Powder | | Manufacturer | Cape Crystal Brands | | Number of Items | 1 | | Primary Supplement Type | Calcium | | UPC | 878057000904 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Ounce | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Cape Crystal - **Flavor:** Salty - **Item Form:** Powder - **Primary Supplement Type:** Calcium - **Unit Count:** 1.0 Ounce ## Images ![Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81HMl-IIAiL.jpg) ![Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61-2YdRO0BL.jpg) ![Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71d5qyoCjtL.jpg) ![Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81AwAQ-4auL.jpg) ![Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-NBUn--nL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by B***L on July 28, 2018* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by C***E on June 7, 2022* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***N on October 9, 2025* ## Frequently Bought Together - Calcium Chloride by Cape Crystal Brands 2-oz / 8-oz / 14-oz (2-oz.) - Sodium Alginate 100% Food Grade | Natural Thickening Powder & Gelling Agent for Cooking (2-oz.) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/47229459-calcium-chloride-by-cape-crystal-brands-2-oz-8-oz](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/47229459-calcium-chloride-by-cape-crystal-brands-2-oz-8-oz) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*