Gluconates are important additives for industrial as well as for food use. This product group contains sodium gluconate, Glucono-delta-Lactone (GdL, the neutral inner ester of gluconic acid) and some special gluconate based products like sodium gluconate EMF, gluconic acid and NAGLUSOL®. Jungbunzlauer's gluconates products are all characterized by excellent chelating and sequestering abilities and they find applications where these features are very useful e.g. as plasticising and retarding agents in the construction industry, for cleaners, metal treatment etc. The Glucono-delta-Lactone is a food acid with beneficial features like smooth pH development and neutral taste, forming a preferred additive for different foods like bread, mozzarella, seafood, meat, tofu etc.
