Tartaric acid is a white crystalline organic acid that occurs naturally in many plants, most notably in grapes.Tartaric is an alpha-hydroxy-carboxylic acid, is diprotic and aldaric in acid characteristics, and is a dihydroxyl derivative of succinic acid. Tartaric acid is an organic substance that occurs naturally in various plants, fruits and wine. People have used it for many years in different ways. Commercially, the food industry uses it as an additive and flavoring agent, and it is also employed in industries such as ceramics, textile printing, tanning, photography and pharmaceuticals. Tartaric acid comprises carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen with a molecular formula of C4H6O6. The structure consists of two -COOH and two hydroxy groups. Tartaric acid is a naturally occurring diprotic, alpha hydroxycarboxylic acid found in citrus, bananas, tamarind, and especially grapes. It exists in 3 stereoisomeric forms meso tartaric acid , D- (-)- tartaric acid , and L- (+)- tartaric acid . It played an important role in bringing the concept of chirality into the light. Pasteur was the first one ... Tartaric acid , a dicarboxylic acid, one of the most widely distributed of plant acids, with a number of food and industrial uses. Along with several of its salts, cream of tartar (potassium hydrogen tartrate) and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate), it is obtained from by-products of wine
