tartrates

Definitions

Food

• Salts of tartaric acid used as stabilizers, the principal ones being sodium- E335, potassium- E336 and the potassium sodium mixed salt E337

Wine

• harmless crystals of tartaric acid in a wine. They often form on the bottom of a cork, near the top of the wine, or float in a bottle or cask. They can be removed by stabilising the wine at low temperature.

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