What is Calcium Caseinate?

Question

I am asking this because i am a vegetarian and I found this ingredient in a protien bar. I am wondering what it comes from.

Answer 1

i dont know never heard of it

Answer 2

Casein is a milk protein.

Answer 3

Calcium caseinate is a protein that neutralizes capsaicin, the active (hot) ingredient of peppers, jalapeños, habaneros, and other chilli peppers. It is also used as a dietary supplement by bodybuilders and other athletes, who ingest it before bed, with breakfast, or as post-work out meal, as it breaks down at a slower rate than whey protein, thus supplying the body with a sustained protein release. It is synthesized from dried skim milk, and is very high in glutamic acid.

Answer 4

It is synthesized from milk, so if you are vegan, you cannot eat it.

Here is a full description  (the same description that the 1st poster just cut and pasted out of wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_cas...