Potassium DL-lactate

CAS 996-31-6

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$78M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceNetherlands 33%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291811 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production 65.9M lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 291811, which covers 35 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

NL 33%NetherlandsBE 14%BelgiumES 13%SpainCN 12%ChinaIT 9%Italy

Mexico
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Austria
South Korea
Sweden
Taiwan
Ukraine

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Hawkins

Piedmont Chemical Industries I

Why It Matters

Sectors

FoodCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Fire extinguishing agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gBLD Pharmatech GmbH

CountryGermany

Pack$53.00 / 1 kg

Purity60%

Vendors14 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.05	1 kg	60%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.05	1 kg	60%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.06	1 kg	60%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.06	1 kg	60%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.07	500 g	60%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.08	500 g	60%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.09	500 g	60%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.18	100 g	60%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.20	100 g	60%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.34	500 g	—
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.45	100 g	—
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	60%

Chemical Identity

CAS996-31-6

PubChem CID23671663

DTXSIDDTXSID80883631

FormulaC3H5KO3

Mol. Weight128.17 g/mol

SMILESCC(C(=O)[O-])O.[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID80883631Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23671663Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium DL-lactate (CAS 996-31-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/996-31-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID80883631. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID80883631 PubChem: 23671663. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23671663 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 996-31-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 996-31-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291811 for CAS 996-31-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/