- food
- industrial
- pharma
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
Concern score
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
- Found in consumer products
- Pharma
- Food
- Industrial
USFDAinactive ingredient database3 entries — 2 administration routes
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.
Where this comes from
- Open →
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
Reference links (2)
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Suitability
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Food use
Nothing to weigh for this context yet.
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.
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
Typical roles