Sodium Caseinate

<p><b >Casein</b>&nbsp;(<img src="/a3df5c61-30db-5031-8ff9-cc6fd4b15834.png"/>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >ˈkeɪs.ɪn</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >ˈkeɪˌsiːn</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a>, from&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin" >Latin</a>&nbsp;<i >caseus</i>, "cheese") is the name for a family of related&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoprotein" title="Phosphoprotein" >phosphoproteins</a>(αS1, αS2, β, κ).&nbsp;</p>

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These proteins are commonly found in mammalian&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk" title="Milk" >milk</a>, making up 80% of the proteins in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow" title="Cow" class="mw-redirect" >cow</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk" title="Milk" >milk</a>&nbsp;and between 20% and 45% of the proteins in human milk.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_caseinate#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;</p>

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Casein has a wide variety of uses, from being a major component of cheese, to use as a food additive, to a binder for safety matches.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_caseinate#cite_note-1" >[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;</p>

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As a&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_source" title="Food source" class="mw-redirect" >food source</a>, casein supplies&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acids" title="Amino acids" class="mw-redirect" >amino acids</a>;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrates" title="Carbohydrates" class="mw-redirect" >carbohydrates</a>; and two inorganic elements,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium" >calcium</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus" >phosphorus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_caseinate#cite_note-2" >[3]</a></sup></p>