CAS number
Typical Uses
- Malic acid is mainly used as food additive to provide an apple flavour in beverages, bakery products, confectioneries, desserts, jams and fruit jellies, as preservative in fruit and vegetables and as technological additive (preservative and acidity regulator) in all animal feed.
- It is also used in the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic sectors and in a number of typically industrial uses as: metal treatment, textile industry, plating industry, retardant for plasters and cements.
Grades
Other names
Hydroxybutanedioic Acid; Butanedioic acid
Properties
- Colourless crystalline powder with an acidic taste
Packaging Types
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