Application

Tartaric acid is used as an acidifier, flavour enhancer, antioxidant, stabilizer and sequestering agent.

Industria Chimica Valenzana - tartaric acid applications - food

Food
Identified with the code E334, as an acidifier and taste enhancer in sweets, candies, jellies, jams, fruit nectars and ice creams. As emulsifier and anti-oxidant in the bakery industry.

Industria Chimica Valenzana - applicazioni acido tartarico - Settore Enologico

Wine sector
As a corrector of the acidity of the wine. Emblematic example of circularity as the natural tartaric acid produced from the by-products of grape processing is used as a corrector in the wine itself.

Industria Chimica Valenzana - tartaric acid applications - Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
as an excipient for the preparation of foaming tablets, granulates and powders.

Industria Chimica Valenzana - tartaric acid applications - Chemistry

Fine Chemistry
as a chiral agent in chemical reactions. In polishing and cleaning solutions for the electronic and galvan plastic’s industry, as dyeing and printing agent in the textile industry and as antioxidant for industrial’s fats.

Industria Chimica Valenzana - tartaric acid applications - Cement industry

Building industry
in the cement’s industry, and particularly, in plaster and gypsum, tartaric acid is used for its retardant action that facilitates the handling of these materials.