Azure Market Cal Lime, Calcium Hydroxide, Food Grade, 1 lb

Our food-grade calcium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2. It has many common names, including hydrated lime, slack lime, pickling lime, and cal in Spanish. 

Calcium hydroxide is commonly used in the production of corn tortillas. Soaking corn dough (called masa) in this highly alkaline compound increases the bioavailability of niacin (vitamin B3) in the corn, helps bind the masa together, and makes the tortillas tastier and easier to digest. A similar process is used in making hominy grits.

Calcium hydroxide is also frequently used in the pickling process to cure and crisp cucumbers, ensuring the best pickles ever! In home brewing, it’s used as an acidity/pH adjustment tool. It is the most common ingredient in antacids, and it’s even useful as an insecticide—its touch kills most crawling insects, including ticks, fleas, beetles, and grubs.

See Azure’s Healthy Living website for our yummy tortilla recipes!

• Non-GMO
• Largest size certified Kosher-Pareve
• Largest size is gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, & soy-free
• No additives
• Product of the USA

Azure Market calcium hydroxide is one of the highest purity calcium hydroxide products available, and meets or exceeds the 6th Edition Food Chemical Codex specifications. 

Azure Market products are re-packaged by Azure for your convenience in a facility that meets Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) standards, including an approved allergen control program.