Products & Ingredients
Vegan Minerals Launches Calcea Plant-Based Calcium Ingredient
The ingredient, sourced from calcified seaweed, also features several essential trace minerals.
By: Mike Montemarano
Photo courtesy Vegan Minerals
At Natural Products Expo West, ingredient supplier Vegan Minerals launched Calcea, a source of bioavailable calcium, magnesium, several essential trace minerals, and 16 amino acids in a naturally occurring form.
Most calcium ingredients on the market are sourced from ground-up rocks, an inorganic material never intended for human consumption. However, Calcea is sourced from a renewable deposit of calcified seaweed from the coast of Brazil.
The naturally-occurring honeycomb structure of the minerals also offer superior absorption to conventional mineral ingredients, the company reports, and, unlike organic seaweeds like kelp, Calcea is derived from a seaweed called Lithothamnion, which provides a more uniform and predictable mineral content to reduce variability in formulations.
“Most people assume their calcium supplement is natural and effective, but they’d be shocked to learn where it comes from,” said Jordal Golshan, co-founder of Vegan Minerals. “With Calcea, we’re proud to offer a natural, science-backed solution to close this nutritional gap.”
Calcea is suitable for foods, supplements, and pet nutrition products as a clean-label, plant-derived alternative to traditional mineral sources.
