Calcium pantothenate, calcium chloride double salt

This is a stabilised form of vitamin B5, in which calcium pantothenate is co-crystallised with calcium chloride to improve how it keeps.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Calcium pantothenate, calcium chloride double salt by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.330retrieved 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

Made by crystallising synthetic calcium pantothenate together with calcium chloride.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
InChIKey
CQFDFGZLLDNDAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
PubChem
CID 78122658

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 6363-38-8

As it appears in regulation

  • Calcium pantothenate, calcium chloride double salt

Other names

  • (+/-)-calcium pantothenate chloride
  • CALCIUM CHLORIDE DOUBLE SALT OF DL- CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE
  • CALCIUM CHLORIDE DOUBLE SALT OF DL-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE
  • CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE CHLORIDE
  • Calcium pantothenate chloride, (+-)-
  • Calcium pantothenate chloride, (+/-)-
  • Calcium pantothenate, calcium chloride double salt
  • CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE-CALCIUM CHLORIDE, DOUBLE SALT, DL-

Systematic names

  • .BETA.-ALANINE, N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT (2:1), (+-)-, COMPD. WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE (CACL2) (1:1)
  • BETA-ALANINE, N-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-OXOBUTYL)-, CALCIUM SALT (2:1), (+-)-, COMPD. WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE (CACL2) (1:1)

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

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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