• Lactates

    Posted by belassi on February 10, 2015 at 12:04 am

    Been trying to get sodium lactate but not easy here. However I just found a company supplying the food industry and it appears to sell besides sodium lactate:

    potassium lactate
    sodium diacetate
    lactic acid
    are any of these also of use?
    belassi replied 9 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Lara

    Member
    February 10, 2015 at 5:52 am

    Do you want to use it for ph regulation? Sorry, im not so experienced with lactates, as the lactates i tried once changed the odour of my formula to very unpleasant when stored at 40℃. Thats why i cant answer your question.
    But for sodium lactate you could try ashland disribution company

  • manstra

    Member
    February 10, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    Purac is the world leader in lactate systems. I had been working in the past with them in meat formulations but I also use them now in lotions and creams with great success. Sodium lactate is a 60% solution in water and have a strong synergistic effect with sodium diacetate. These are not considered preservatives but rather bacteriostatic agents that increase the bacterial lag phase, reduce the active water for the latter and thus boost the life expectancy of the product. If you have also the correct preservative you have nothing to be afraid of. I use sodium lactate/sodium diacetate at 2.90% in my face and body lotion recipes  (subtracting water in the recipe) along with phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate. pH set at 5.2

  • manstra

    Member
    February 10, 2015 at 2:32 pm
  • belassi

    Member
    February 10, 2015 at 4:24 pm

    @manstra thanks for the interesting information. There appear to be two possible suppliers in Mexico, I suspect both suppliers deal with the food industry.

  • braveheart

    Member
    February 12, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    Would adding sodium chloride to lactic acid @ 1:2 not give you sodium lactate?

  • belassi

    Member
    February 12, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    Obtaining lactic acid is as difficult as obtaining lactates.

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