Phosphate yana daya daga cikin sinadarai na dabi'a na kusan dukkanin abinci kuma ana amfani dashi sosai wajen sarrafa abinci azaman muhimmin kayan abinci da ƙari na aiki. phosphates da ke faruwa a zahiri shine dutsen phosphate (wanda ya ƙunshi calcium phosphate). Sulfuric acid yana amsawa tare da dutsen phosphate don samar da calcium dihydrogen phosphate da calcium sulfate wanda tsire-tsire za su iya sha don samar da phosphate. Ana iya raba Phosphates zuwa orthophosphates da polycondensed phosphates: phosphates da ake amfani da su wajen sarrafa abinci yawanci sodium, calcium, potassium, da iron da zinc salts a matsayin masu ƙarfafa gina jiki. Fosfat ɗin abinci da aka fi amfani da shi Akwai fiye da iri 30. Sodium phosphate shine babban nau'in abinci na phosphate na gida. Tare da haɓaka fasahar sarrafa abinci, amfani da potassium phosphate shima yana ƙaruwa kowace shekara.