Calcium and magnesium salts have played a vital role in the food industry for decades. Whether it's preserving structure and shelf life in canned goods, enhancing flavor and texture in cheese and beer, or supporting a healthy mineral balance in drinking water — these minerals offer versatile solutions.
Nedmag produces high-quality calcium chloride used in cheese production, brewing, and vegetable and fruit preservation, with strict laboratory testing ensuring top quality every day. With Novasal, Nedmag also offers an innovative magnesium solution that helps reduce sodium without compromising on taste, texture, or product quality — meeting WHO targets and the growing demand for healthier foods.
Fruits & Vegetables
Calcium chloride has long been used as a food additive in vegetable and fruit preservation. It helps retain texture, extends shelf life, and results in a firm end product — making it a versatile solution in the food industry.
Cheese production
Calcium chloride plays a key role in cheese making by ensuring that the milk components coagulate into a firm, cohesive curd. In addition, Nedmag offers new possibilities with Novasal (magnesium chloride). Novasal has already led to the creation of a magnesium-rich, reduced-salt cheese — without compromising on flavor. Learn more about Veendammer, a collaborative innovation with Kaasboerderij Slob.
Drinking water
Calcium and magnesium salts are used worldwide in drinking water production. They support a healthy mineral balance, enhance flavor, and contribute to safe and stable water quality.
Beer brewing
In beer brewing, calcium chloride ensures the mineral balance in brewing water is optimized, which improves fermentation performance, enhances flavor consistency, and ensures a stable end product regardless of water source or location.
Sodium reduction
Novasal offers an innovative solution for salt reduction in food products — fully aligned with WHO recommendations. This high-quality magnesium salt enables producers to lower sodium without compromising flavor, texture, or quality. Novasal is suitable for cheese, bread, meat, fish, soups, sauces, and more — creating healthier products with full taste and sensory experience.
Additional applications
Beyond these applications, both Novasal and calcium chloride offer even broader functional uses. Calcium chloride also acts as a thickening agent and is found in sports drinks and mineral water. Novasal is used not only in savory applications like cheese, bread, meat, and sauces, but also as a coagulant in tofu — offering a healthy, magnesium-rich alternative that fits perfectly with WHO sodium reduction goals and consumer demand for better nutrition.
Both minerals play a key role in the development of low-sodium products. That’s why leading international companies such as DSM, Heineken, FrieslandCampina, and Krombacher trust Nedmag. We deliver premium salts from a pure, natural source — consistently and reliably, every single day.
Related applications
Fruits & Vegetables
Calcium chloride helps keep vegetables and fruits firm and extends their shelf life, both in preserved and fresh applications.
Cheese production
With calcium chloride, Nedmag ensures high-quality cheese production, while Novasal supports salt reduction and magnesium enrichment.
Drinking water
A pure magnesium source for pure drinking water.
Beer brewing
Calcium chloride enables brewers to produce a distinctive, high-quality beer by ensuring a consistent mineral balance, improved enzyme activity, and stable fermentation.
Sodium reduction
Novasal offers a versatile solution for salt reduction, preserving taste and texture while providing added health benefits through magnesium.
