Description
Calcium tartrate is a by product of the wine industry, prepared from wine fermentation dregs. It is the calcium salt of tartaric acid, an acid most commonly found in ripe grapes. Its solubility decreases with colder temperature, which results in the forming of whitish (in red wine often reddish) crystalline clusters as it precipitates. It finds use as a food preservative and acidity regulator. Like tartaric acid, calcium tartrate has two asymmetric carbons, hence it has two chiral isomers and a non-chiral isomer (meso-form). Most calcium tartrate of biological origin is the chiral levorotatory (–) isomer.
Chemical Properties
rhomb; white crystal(s); uses: food preservative, antacid [HAW93] [CRC10]
Uses
CALCIUM TARTRATE is used in pharmaceutical and decorative materials.
Definition
ChEBI: Calcium tartrate is an organic calcium salt and a tartrate salt.
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
