Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States


General Information

Chemical Names: DISODIUM L-TARTRATE; SODIUM (+)-TARTRATE; DISODIUM (+)-2,3-DIHYDROXYBUTANEDIOIC ACID
CAS number: 868-18-8
INS:

335(ii)

Functional Class: Food Additives
SEQUESTRANT
STABILIZER

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1973
ADI: 0-30 mg/kg bw
Meeting: 17
Specs Code: S
Comments: Expressed as L(+)-tartaric acid
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/24
Tox Monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/512
Specification: NMRS 35/TRS 281-JECFA 7/60 (1963). N; COMPENDIUM/1397; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.3/395

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GSFA Provisions for SODIUM L(+)-TARTRATE

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
07.1

Bread and ordinary bakery wares

4,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 388
07.2.1

Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit-filled or custard types)

5,000 mg/kg Note 45
04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

20,000 mg/kg Note 45
04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

1,300 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS259R,Note XS145,Note XS257R,Note XS297,Note XS57,Note XS13,Note XS38
06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

2,860 mg/kg Note 45
05.3

Chewing gum

30,000 mg/kg Note 45
05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

5,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128
05.1.1

Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake

5,000 mg/kg Note 97,Note 45,Note 128
05.1.2

Cocoa mixes (syrups)

2,000 mg/kg Note 45
05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

2,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS86
14.1.2.3

Concentrates for fruit juice

4,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128,Note 129,Note 127
14.1.3.3

Concentrates for fruit nectar

4,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128,Note 127
05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

2,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS309R
01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

2,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS243
05.4

Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

8,000 mg/kg Note 45
08.4

Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)

2,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 365
03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

4,000 mg/kg Note 45
02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

100 mg/kg Note 45
02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

100 mg/kg Note 45,Note 361
02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

100 mg/kg Note 45
01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

2,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 230
06.2.1

Flours

5,000 mg/kg Note 186,Note 45
06.4.1

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

5,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128
08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

500 mg/kg Note 45
04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

10,000 mg/kg Note 45
14.1.2.1

Fruit juice

4,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128,Note 129
14.1.3.1

Fruit nectar

4,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128
04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

1,000 mg/kg Note 45
08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

500 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS88,Note XS98,Note XS89
05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

5,000 mg/kg Note 45
04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

3,000 mg/kg Note 45
07.2.3

Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes)

8,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note 11
08.3.1

Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

500 mg/kg Note 45
07.2.2

Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)

500 mg/kg Note 45
06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

7,500 mg/kg Note 45,Note 128,Note 194
06.2.2

Starches

2,000 mg/kg Note 45
01.6.1

Unripened cheese

1,500 mg/kg Note 45,Note 351
04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

15,000 mg/kg Note 45,Note XS115,Note XS38

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Computed Descriptors

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2D Structure
CID13355
IUPAC Namedisodium;2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate
InChIInChI=1S/C4H6O6.2Na/c5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10;;/h1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10);;/q;2*+1/p-2
InChI KeyHELHAJAZNSDZJO-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Canonical SMILESC(C(C(=O)[O-])O)(C(=O)[O-])O.[Na+].[Na+]
Molecular FormulaC4H4O6Na2·2H2O
Wikipediasodium tartrate dihydrate

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Computed Properties

Property Name Property Value
Molecular Weight194.05
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count6
Rotatable Bond Count1
Complexity123.0
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Topological Polar Surface Area121.0
Monoisotopic Mass193.98
Exact Mass193.98
Compound Is CanonicalizedTrue
Formal Charge0
Heavy Atom Count12
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count2
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Isotope Atom Count0
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count3

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Taxonomic Classification

KingdomOrganic compounds
SuperclassOrganic acids and derivatives
ClassHydroxy acids and derivatives
SubclassBeta hydroxy acids and derivatives
Intermediate Tree NodesNot available
Direct ParentBeta hydroxy acids and derivatives
Alternative Parents
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
SubstituentsBeta-hydroxy acid - Short-chain hydroxy acid - Fatty acid - Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives - Monosaccharide - 1,2-diol - Carboxylic acid salt - Secondary alcohol - Carboxylic acid derivative - Organic alkali metal salt - Carboxylic acid - Organic oxygen compound - Organooxygen compound - Organic salt - Organic sodium salt - Hydrocarbon derivative - Carbonyl group - Organic oxide - Alcohol - Aliphatic acyclic compound
DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as beta hydroxy acids and derivatives. These are compounds containing a carboxylic acid substituted with a hydroxyl group on the C3 carbon atom.

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