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Pure and Natural Calcium Carbonate.
Genuine Oyster Shell.
HEALTH & NUTRITION
Purity and Versatility Benefits
HuberCal® pure and natural calcium carbonate offers a combination of outstanding performance,
high purity (calcium assay greater than 99%) and exceptional value vs. precipitated calcium
carbonate all backed by unsurpassed Huber customer care and technical service.
Market Leadership The HuberCal® Independently Texture That Makes Compendial Compliance Demonstrated Low-Lead
Natural Calcium Carbonate Verified Quality Great Chewables. Purity and Low-Arsenic Impurities
A passion for serving our customers Advantage That Makes You Confident. HuberCal® FG grades comply with the
with the highest quality products and Historically, formulators have had Food Chemicals Codex requirements. Consumers and regulators alike are
superior technical and customer service To be confident in your calcium carbonate, to choose between ground calcium When it comes to choosing a calcium HuberCal® USP grades comply with the increasingly concerned with lead and
has driven us to create a market-leading you must be satisfied with its quality. carbonate (GCC) for its cost advantage carbonate source for antacids, two U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) requirements, heavy metals ingestion. The HuberCal
health & nutrition business. As a Whether you’re fortifying food products, and precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) factors matter most – texture and purity. and HuberCal Elite grades comply with product family helps formulators to address
producer of both calcium carbonate producing other calcium salts or manu- for its purity. Now with HuberCal calcium HuberCal® Elite gives you both. the U.S. Pharmacopeia and European this concern. Independent analysis has
powders and granulations, we have facturing pharmaceutical or dietary carbonate, formulators can choose a and Japanese† Pharmacopoeia shown HuberCal to offer lower lead and
control over the quality and reliability supplement dosage forms, your formu- cost-effective product without com- HuberCal Elite calcium carbonate requirements. arsenic versus leading competitive natural
of our supply chain. lation begins with a calcium carbonate promising quality. Independent analysis powders and granulations have been †HuberCal Elite meeting Japanese Pharmacopoeia calcium carbonates. The data below
available upon special request
product that offers extremely high purity. has validated the HuberCal quality shown to outperform other leading confirms typical lead in HuberCal to be
With the addition of our Quincy, Every time. That’s HuberCal natural advantage. calcium carbonates in sensory below 100 parts per billion – significantly
Illinois, granulation facility, Huber calcium carbonate from Huber Health perception (mouthfeel). Superior texture High Purity (Higher is better) lower than competitive products. Typical
became the only calcium carbonate & Nutrition. For the granulator, HuberCal provides and high purity are two great reasons Calcium Carbonate Sample - % Calcium Carbonate results for arsenic are below 0.1 ppm.
granulation producer with two an overall better value as a source of why formulators of antacids have come All HuberCal grades meet California
manufacturing locations in North HuberCal gives you a higher calcium calcium for supplements and pharm- to rely on HuberCal Elite as their trusted Proposition 65 requirements.
America (the other is in Modesto, carbonate assay – typically greater than aceuticals. For manufacturers of calcium source of natural calcium carbonate.
California), enabling us to serve our 99%. This degree of purity is why food salts other than calcium carbonate, Makers of antacids have also come to Low Lead Impurities (Lower is better)
markets with unequaled service and companies, calcium salts producers and HuberCal products offer a high purity, praise HuberCal for its low abrasivity, Calcium Carbonate Sample - ppb Lead (ICP-MS)
dependability. pharmaceutical and dietary supplement high performance raw material. which means less wear on processing
manufacturers have come to rely on equipment and tablet tooling,
Natural, pure HuberCal® calcium HuberCal natural calcium carbonate. translating into lower production costs
carbonate is available in powder or and higher throughput.
granule form – in food and USP grades. Source: West Coast Analytical Laboratory
HuberCal® genuine oyster shell products
are available as food grade granules.
Source: West Coast Analytical Laboratory
At Huber’s state-of-the-art Quincy, Illinois, operation, HuberCal® calcium
carbonate is granulated to exact specifications (photo above left).
HuberCal products are bagged and prepared for shipment (photo above right).
The addition of Huber’s Quincy, Illinois, calcium carbonate granulation facility is
the perfect compliment to the Modesto, California, operation since it’s strategically
located for customers in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. This means:
• Enhanced Customer Service
• Significant Freight Savings
• Food Grade and USP Granulations
• Dual-Site Production for Security of Supply
2 • HuberCal® Pure and Natural Calcium Carbonate HuberCal® Pure and Natural Calcium Carbonate • 3Quality Verified Analysis of Products
HuberCal® pure and natural calcium carbonate products meet the most challenging
applications and requirements of food, pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement formulators
by providing key benefits and proving themselves in study-after-study.
Low Acid Insolubles Superior Sensory Perception Lower Abrasivity The HuberCal® Advantage:
Another measure of the purity of calcium Nine out of 10 new food products fail for Abrasion of equipment is an important • Calcium assay > 99%
carbonate is the amount of acid insoluble one reason – failure to integrate sensory concern for those who process calcium • Low lead (HuberCal® Elite < 0.12 ppm)
material contained in the product. When data in product testing.1 Huber Health & carbonate. A comparative test of samples • Complies with California Proposition
pure calcium carbonate reacts with acid, Nutrition is aware of the importance of of precipitated calcium carbonate products 65 with regard to lead
there should be no residue. Depending on texture. That’s why we commissioned an from the leading supplier shows that the • Chewable tablets made with HuberCal®
the grade, HuberCal® natural calcium independent lab to perform a comparative HuberCal calcium carbonate family of natural calcium carbonate are significantly
carbonate complies with the Food sensory analysis of the texture of products is much less abrasive. Moreover, less gritty
Chemicals Codex and U.S. Pharmacopeia competing calcium carbonate products our customers have confirmed that the • Prolonged tooling life in tablet equipment
and European and Japanese† in a generic chewable tablet formulation. lower abrasivity of HuberCal calcium • Increased productivity
Pharmacopoeia requirements for The results demonstrate our superior carbonate leads to longer tooling life
acid insolubles. sensory performance. in their tablet equipment.
†HuberCal Elite meeting Japanese Pharmacopoeia
available upon special request
Source: Nutrition Business Journal, Volume VII,
1
May/June 2002
Typical Analysis – Ground Calcium Carbonate Products
HuberCal® FG* HuberCal® USP** HuberCal® Elite***†
Low Acid Insolubles (Lower is better) Superior Texture (Lower is better) Low Abrasivity (Lower is better)
Calcium Carbonate Sample - % Acid Insolubles (USP method) Sensory Texture Test Einleher Abrasion (mg loss/100,000 revolutions)
Calcium Carbonate > 99% > 99% > 99%
Magnesium and < 1.0% < 1.0% < 1.0%
Alkali Salts
Acid Insolubles < 0.2% 0.04% 0.04%
Loss on Drying < 2.0% < 2.0% < 1.0%
Lead < 0.50 ppm < 0.30 ppm < 0.12 ppm
Arsenic 0.1 ppm 0.1 ppm 0.1 ppm
Fluoride 0.002% 0.002% 0.002%
Barium – Pass Pass
Iron – 0.02% ≤ 0.02%
Source: West Coast Analytical Laboratory Gritty Mouthfeel Gritty Residual 4.5 microns 15 microns
Source: 21st Sensory, Inc. Median Particle Size Mercury – ≤ 0.5 ppm ≤ 0.5 ppm
Heavy Metals ≤ 0.002% ≤ 0.002% ≤ 0.002%
(as Lead)
HuberCal® Ground Calcium Carbonate – Typical Properties
Chlorides – – 41 ppm
HuberCal® Median Surface Bulk Density Bulk Density Screen Physical Sulfates – – < 0.25%
Product Particle Size Area BET Loose Tamped Residue 325 Form
Grade (microns) (m /g)
2
(g/cc) (g/cc) Mesh (%) Crystalline Quartz – – 0.02%
950 3.6* 1.7 0.75 1.1 0.005 Powder *Meets Food Chemicals Codex **Meets U.S. Pharmacopeia ***Meets U.S. Pharmacopeia and
European Pharmacopoeia
850 4* 1.7 0.72 1.2 0.005 Powder †Meets Japanese Pharmacopoeia available upon special request
500 6* 1.2 0.85 1.3 0.10 Powder
250 12** 1.1 1.07 1.5 30 Powder
150 20** 0.9 1.15 1.6 35 Powder
®
*SediGraph Particle Size Analyzer
**CILAS® Laser Light Scattering
Note: The comparative data in this brochure was generated in side-by-side testing of one sample of each product.
4 • HuberCal® Pure and Natural Calcium Carbonate HuberCal® Pure and Natural Calcium Carbonate • 5Properties Supplement Versatility
HuberCal® pure and natural calcium carbonate grades are engineered to
exact specifications and great care is taken to ensure you get a product you
can count on for superior performance.
The HuberCal® Do You Know Your Source? Typical Analysis –
HuberCal Calcium Carbonate Granulation Products – Typical Properties
®
Oyster Shell Difference. Oyster Shell Powder
HuberCal® Screen Analysis Surface Area BET Bulk Density Physical Form Calcium Elemental Binder System
Genuine. While calcium carbonate suppliers claim HuberCal® OSP
to offer oyster shell ingredients, some 1000 FG*
Product Grade (U.S. mesh sizes) (m2/g) Loose (g/cc) Carbonate Calcium (%) Insist on Huber Authenticity. have been known to simply offer naturally Calcium Carbonate ≥ 95%
CCG 4000 100% thru 16 37% 50/50 mined limestone powder or other types of Magnesium & Alkali Salts < 3.5%
USP ≤ 75% on 60 Carbonate USP Maltodextrin/ Huber Health & Nutrition offers the shells. Huber sources high purity, genuine
Acid Insolubles < 2.5%
≤ 15% thru 200 Acacia nutritional supplement formulator a oyster shells directly from a domestic
Loss on Drying ≤ 1.0%
directly compressible version of supplier. Break open a calcium
CCG 4100 100% thru 16 37% Maltodextrin Lead < 0.4 ppm
HuberCal® oyster shell calcium carbonate, supplement that claims to use oyster shell
USP ≤ 75% on 60 Carbonate USP Arsenic ≤ 3 ppm
which is harvested directly from undersea calcium carbonate. If the interior of the
≤ 15% thru 200
beds in the San Francisco Bay. The tablet is grey, you are most likely looking Fluoride ≤ 0.005%
CCG 4300 100% thru 16 37% Acacia oysters are believed to be tens at genuine oyster shell supplied from Heavy Metals (as Lead) ≤ 0.002%
USP ≤ 75% on 60 Carbonate USP of thousands of years old. Huber Health & Nutrition.
≤15% thru 200 *Meets Food Chemicals Codex
CCG 4500 90S 2% on 20 35% Corn Starch
USP ≤ 75% on 60 Carbonate USP
≤ 30% thru 200 HuberCal® Oyster Shell Granulations – Typical Properties
CCG 4000 100% thru 16Genuine Oyster Shell
HuberCal® genuine oyster shell is produced from the finest-quality shells
naturally-harvested from undersea beds in the San Francisco Bay and are believed
to be thousands of years old.
Huber’s Higher Standards Your HuberCal® • Gravity Separation Means…
of Purity and Quality Oyster Shell Benefits: • Assures Clean and Pure
Oyster Shell Granulation
HuberCal oyster shell granulations go
® • Double Wash Means… • Low Lead
through a rigorous and thorough • Clean, Pure Shells • Guaranteed Lead Content of
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