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Calcium hydroxide is GRAS as a food substance; in nixtamalization it is largely consumed/rinsed and contributes calcium to the final product.
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What it is
In food use, an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2, also called slaked lime) used in nixtamalization of corn and pickling; not lime juice.
Alkaline processing aid; nixtamalization of masa, pickle firming, sugar refining.
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