tartaric acid

Definitions

General Science

• noun a white crystalline organic acid found in fruit, used as baking powder and in photographic processes and tanning leather.

Food

• E334, an acid present in many fruits which is precipitated as crystals in old wine

Wine

• the main natural acid in wine

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Contexts for “tartaric acid”

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• General Science
• Food
• Wine