Potassium tartrates
Limited risk
Alternate Names:
- cream of tartar
Info from food-info.net:
- Description:
- Function:
- Potassium tartarate is an acidity regulator and anti-oxidant. Also used in producing baking powder and as emulsifier.
- Origin:
- Potassium salts of tartaric acid, a natural acid present in many fruits, especially grapes. Commercially prepared from waste products of the wine industry (grape skins).
- Side effects:
- It is not metabolised in the body; thus, it is excreted in the urine without side effects.
Dietary restrictions:- Tartaric acid and tartarates can normally be consumed by all religious groups, vegans and vegetarians.
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
Info from proe.info:
- Description:
- Benefits:
- Unknown
- General:
- Unknown
- Harm:
- Unknown
- Legal:
- Unknown
- Use:
- Unknown
- Links:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- Unknown
Status:- Unknown
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- Description:
- Unknown
Dietary restrictions:- Unknown
Acceptable daily intake:- 30,000 mg/kg body weight/day (JECFA, 1977)
Status:- Approved in the EU.
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