Tartaric Acid

E334
Hazard level: No known concerns Antioxidant / acidity regulator (E300–399)

What is Tartaric Acid?

Natural acid from grapes. Used in wine, baking powder, and confectionery.

Is Tartaric Acid safe?

Tartaric Acid has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.

Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 41 of 12,874 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA

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Also known as

Tartaric Acid is also known as e334, grape acid, tartaric acid, dl-tartaric acid — these all refer to the same ingredient.

tartaric acid e334 dl-tartaric acid grape acid

Where Tartaric Acid is typically found

Snacks Sweet Snacks Confectioneries Candies Gummi Candies

Related additives

Natural Flavouring Sugar (Sucrose) Water Citric Acid (E330) Salt (Sodium Chloride) Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) (E300) Sucralose (E955) Potassium Sorbate (E202) wheat Malic Acid (E296) Sodium Ascorbate (E301) Calcium Ascorbate (E302) Ascorbyl Palmitate (E304) Tocopherol (Vitamin E) (E306) Alpha-Tocopherol (Synthetic Vitamin E) (E307) Propyl Gallate (E310)

Products containing Tartaric Acid

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