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.
Application
Tartaric acid is used as an acidifier, flavour enhancer, antioxidant, stabilizer and sequestering agent.
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.
Pharmaceutical
as an excipient for the preparation of foaming tablets, granulates and powders.
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.
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.