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Human Nutrition and Metabolism

Calcium Bioavailability of Calcium Carbonate Fortified Soymilk Is Equivalent to Cow’s Milk in Young Women^1,2

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

³To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: weavercm{at}purdue.edu.

Calcium (Ca)-fortified soymilk has gained popularity in the United States. Tricalcium phosphate (TCP)-fortified soymilk was shown to have a lower Ca bioavailability than cow’s milk in men. However, the most popular soymilk in the U.S. is fortified with Ca carbonate (CC) and has not been evaluated. Ca bioavailability from CC-fortified soymilk (CCSM) and TCP-fortified soymilk (TCPSM) was compared with cow’s milk in young healthy women using the dual stable isotope technique. In a 3-way crossover design, 20 volunteers (23 ± 2 y old) consumed 250 mg Ca in cow’s milk, CCSM, or TCPSM along with 10 mg ⁴⁴Ca after an overnight fast. Cow’s milk was extrinsically labeled, whereas each fortified soymilk was intrinsically labeled with each chemical salt of ⁴⁴Ca at the manufacturing facility. Another stable isotope, ⁴³Ca, was injected i.v. 1 h after the complete consumption of cow’s milk or soymilk. Fractional Ca absorption was determined from the ratios of ⁴³Ca:⁴²Ca and ⁴⁴Ca:⁴²Ca by inductively coupled plasma (ICP)-MS in the 24-h urine samples. A mixed linear model (SAS proc mixed) was used to compare the fractional Ca absorption among groups. Fractional Ca absorption in CCSM (0.211 ± 0.057) did not differ from that of cow’s milk (0.217 ± 0.040), but both were higher (P < 0.05) than that of TCPSM (0.181 ± 0.039). Our result suggests that calcium absorption is equivalent for CCSM and cow’s milk at similar calcium loads.

KEY WORDS: • calcium bioavailability • soymilk • cow’s milk • calcium carbonate • tricalcium phosphate

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