Monosodium tartrate explained

Monosodium tartrate or sodium bitartrate is a sodium acid salt of tartaric acid. As a food additive it is used as an acidity regulator and is known by the E number E335. As an analytical reagent, it can be used in a test for ammonium cation which gives a white precipitate.[1] [2] [3]

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  1. Younes . Maged . Aquilina . Gabriele . Castle . Laurence . Engel . Karl-Heinz . Fowler . Paul . Frutos Fernandez . Maria Jose . Fürst . Peter . Gürtler . Rainer . Gundert-Remy . Ursula . Husøy . Trine . Mennes . Wim . Shah . Romina . Waalkens-Berendsen . Ine . Wölfle . Detlef . 2020-03-11 . Re-evaluation of l(+)-tartaric acid (E334), sodium tartrates (E335), potassium tartrates (E336), potassium sodium tartrate (E337) and calcium tartrate (E354) as food additives . EFSA Journal . 18 . 3 . e06030 . 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6030 . 1831-4732 . 7448015 . 32874248 .
  2. Rusyniak . Daniel E. . Durant . Pamela J. . Mowry . James B. . Johnson . Jo A. . Sanftleben . Jayne A. . Smith . Joanne M. . 2012-08-28 . Life-threatening hyperkalemia from cream of tartar ingestion . Journal of Medical Toxicology. 9 . 1 . 79–81 . 10.1007/s13181-012-0255-x . 1937-6995 . 3570668 . 22926733 .
  3. January 11, 2017 . Potassium Acid Tartrate Handling/Processing . Technical Evaluation Report . PDF . 15 . 16 . 11 . United States Department of Agriculture.

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