Potassium bitartrate, also known as potassium hydrogen tartrate, with formula KC4H5O6, is the potassium acid salt of tartaric acid —specifically, l--tartaric acid. Especially in cooking, it is also kn
Potassium bitartrate in an empty white wine bottle
Folger's Golden Gate Cream Tartar, first half of 20th century
Tartaric acid is a white, crystalline organic acid that occurs naturally in many fruits, most notably in grapes but also in tamarinds, bananas, avocados, and citrus. Its salt, potassium bitartrate, co
Potassium bitartrate
…Potassium bitartrate, also known as potassium hydrogen tartrate, with formula KC4H5O6, is the potassium acid salt of tartaric acid (a carboxylic acid)—specifically, l-( + )-tartaric acid. Especially in cooking, it is also known as cream of tartar. Tartaric acid and potassium naturally…
Tartar emetic
Commercially produced tartaric acid
Unpurified potassium bitartrate can take on the color of the grape juice from which it was separated.