Calcium pantothenate

CAS 137-08-6

Calcium pantothenate is the stable salt form of vitamin B5, used in fortified foods, drinks and infant formula.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Calcium pantothenate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1212retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by chemical synthesis and isolated as the calcium salt, which keeps far better than pantothenic acid itself.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
137-08-6
InChIKey
FAPWYRCQGJNNSJ-UBKPKTQASA-L
PubChem
CID 443753

Every name it appears under

68 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 137-08-6
  • 79-83-4

As it appears in regulation

  • Calcium pantothenate

Other names

  • (+)-PANTOTHENIC ACID CALCIUM SALT
  • beta-Alanine, N-(2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-, calcium salt
  • Bis(pantothenato)calcium
  • Ca-HOPA
  • Calcii pantothenas
  • calcio pantotenato
  • Calcium (R)-3-(2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanamido)propanoate
  • Calcium D(+)-N-(alpha,gamma-dihydroxy-beta,beta-dimethylbutyryl)-beta-alaninate
  • Calcium D(+)-N-(alpha,gamma-dihydroxy-beta,beta-dimethylbutyryl)-beta-alaninate Calcium, bis(pantothenato)-
  • Calcium D-pantothenate
  • Calcium D-pantothenate (1:2)
  • Calcium N-(2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-beta-alanine (1:2), (R)-
  • Calcium panthothenate
  • Calcium pantotenate
  • calcium pantothenate
  • Calcium pantothenate (2:1)
  • Calcium pantothenate (JP18/USP/INN)
  • Calcium pantothenate (VAN)
  • Calcium pantothenate , D-form
  • Calcium pantothenate CRS
  • CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, (+)-
  • Calcium pantothenate, d-
  • calcium pantothenicum
  • Calcium, bis(pantothenato)-
  • calcium;3-[[(2R)-2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]amino]propanoate
  • Calpan
  • Calpan (TN)
  • Calpanate
  • CAS-137-08-6
  • CCRIS 1338
  • Cris Pan
  • D-(+)-Pantothenic acid calcium salt
  • D-ca pantothenate
  • D-Calcium pantothenate
  • D-Calcium pantothenate calcium chloride double salt
  • D-pantothenic acid
  • D-Pantothenic Acid Calcium Salt
  • D-Pantothenic Acid Hemicalcium
  • D-Pantothenic acid hemicalcium salt
  • D-PantothenicAcidHemicalcium
  • Dextro calcium pa
  • Dextro calcium pantothenate
  • Dextrorotatory-calcium-pantothenate
  • Monocalcium bis(3-((2R)-2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoylamino)propanoate)
  • N-(2,4-Dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutyryl)-beta-alanine calcium
  • Pancal
  • PANTAC
  • Pantholin
  • Pantotenato calcico
  • pantotenato de calcio
  • Pantothenate calcium
  • Pantothenate de calcium
  • Pantothenic acid (as calcium)
  • pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)
  • pantothenic acid calcium
  • Pantothenic acid calcium salt
  • Pantothenic Acid Hemicalcium Salt
  • Pantothenic acid, calcium salt (2:1), (+)-
  • Pantothenic acid, calcium salt (2:1), D-
  • VITAMIN B3/B5
  • vitamin B5
  • Vitamin B5, calcium salt

Systematic names

  • 3-[(2R)-2,4-Dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanamido]propanoic acid
  • beta-Alanine, N-(2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-, calcium salt (2:1), (R)-
  • calcium bis(3-{[(2R)-2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]amino}propanoate)

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

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