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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Flour Additives 546<br />

NAME: Monopotassium tartrate<br />

CATEGORY: Flour additive<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods/ Baking powder<br />

SYNONYMS: Potassium acid tartrate/ E336/ Potassium hydrogen tartrate/ Cream of tartar<br />

FORMULA: KOOC-CH(OH)CH(OH)COOH<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 188.18<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline or granulated powder<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.984<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

PURITY %: 99.5<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 0.5<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C 0.61% @ 100°C 6.25%<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 100% 0.01%<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: A fast-acting raising agent, with 70% of carbon dioxide generated in the first two minutes of mixing. It<br />

is also used as an acidity regulator<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Calcium tetrahydrogen diorthophosphate; disodium dihydrogen diphosphate; glucono-delta-lactone;<br />

sodium aluminium phosphate

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