It is a calcium salt that is most useful as a food additive; it is the element that accompanies alginate in this chemical process that allows you to make fun gelatinous spheres. It is also an element that is part of the cheese production processes, providing consistency to the calcium in pasteurized milk. In Beer during fermentation it helps the flocculation of yeasts, resulting in clearer and more transparent beers. In the industrial sector it is used in the concrete mix to accelerate its drying. It is also common to find it in plastics and in swimming pool water to keep its PH stable and adjust its hardness.