Omya eyes a bigger slice of the calcium carbonate pie

• Autores: Paul. Rackstraw
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 580, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Febrero)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • [Stefan Lander] describes calcium carbonate as a "versatile product" and said the company means to reach beyond these current functions. It is now moving into the areas of infant nutrition and functionalised calcium carbonate (FCC).

    The company describes FCC as "a new generation of minerals", which it plans to bring to the food market under the name "Omyafood FCC", a product that can be used as a carrier, anti-caking agent and as a new excipient for tablet formulations. It won the Gold Award for Best Innovation in APIs and Excipients at the CPHI exhibition in Madrid in October last year, owing to its "multifunctional benefits".

    "Its recrystallised surface gives it a greater surface area, which, in turn, gives it a high loading capacity and allows it to be used as an effective carrier for many types of liquid, including oils that need to be transferred into a powder," Lander said, adding: "The resultant product is easily compressed into a tablet if required and can be used as an anti-caking agent to capture moisture."