This Standard applies to the food additive metatartaric acid which is obtained, with tartaric acid as the raw material, by baking at 168 °C ~ 172 °C for 3.5 h, or heating to 180 °C ~ 190 °C, and then naturally cooled. 2 Chemical name, molecular formula, structural formula and relative molecular mass 2.1 Chemical name Metatartaric acid 2.2 Molecular formula C8H8O10 2.3 Structural formula 2.4 Relative molecular mass 264.142 (according to the international relative atomic mass in 2018)
Basic Data
Standard ID
GB 1886.324-2021 (GB1886.324-2021)
Description (Translated English)
National food safety standard - Food additives - Metatartaric acid
Sector / Industry
National Standard
Classification of Chinese Standard
X09
Word Count Estimation
7,791
Issuing agency(ies)
National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, State Administration for Market Regulation
