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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sequestrants 854<br />

NAME: Sodium tartrate<br />

CATEGORY: Sequestrant<br />

FOOD USE: Meat products/ Sausage casings/ Cheeses<br />

SYNONYMS: Disodium tartrate/ Disodium D-tartrate/ Sodium dextrotartrate/ Disodium (+)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic<br />

acid/ Disodium L-tartrate/ INS 335/ E335<br />

FORMULA: C4H4Na2O6. 2H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 194.05–230.08<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Translucent, colourless, odourless crystals<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.82<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

PURITY %: 99<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 14–17<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10–20<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C 33g/100ml H2O<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Used in laxatives. Stabiliser in cheese. Used in artificially sweetened jelly. Used as a chemical reactant<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Store in air-tight containers. pH 7–7.5; 1% solution pH 10

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