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Sodium tartrate

CAS 868-18-8

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

14475-11-7 · 51307-92-7 · 133-48-2 · 17990-54-4 · 58114-54-8

Chelating agent · Emulsifier · pH regulating agent

Sodium tartrate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

What we know about this ingredient

Sodium tartrate is in the Greenveil catalog but has not been assessed — "Not assessed" means we have no published hazard evidence for it yet, not that it is safe.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium tartrate appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Pharma
  • Food
  • Industrial
  • USFDAinactive ingredient database3 entries — 2 administration routes
    • Route: INTRAMUSCULAR; Dosage form: INJECTION; Maximum daily exposure: 288 mgSource →
    • Route: INTRAVENOUS; Dosage form: INJECTION; Maximum daily exposure: 288 mgSource →
    • Route: INTRAVENOUS; Dosage form: INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION; Potency: 0.4 %w/vSource →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including pH regulating agent, Chelating agent, Emulsifier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 12 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Food and drug. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including pH regulating agent, Chelating agent, Emulsifier.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium tartrate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA Inactive Ingredient Database

    regulatory · updated 2026-01-09

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →
Reference links (2)
Openfda substance

codexalimentarius.net

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Sodium tartrate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

12

Named organisations

4

Laboratory suppliesFood and drug

Typical roles

Chelating agentEmulsifierpH regulating agent
See products using Sodium tartrate