Potassium DL-lactate

Used in 2 industrial sectors tracked by the EPA.

Molecular structure of 996-31-6
US Production65.9M lbs
Import VolumeZero
Import Dependency0%

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291811 · basket

This chemical's HS customs code 291811 covers 12chemicals in total. US Census does not break out this chemical's share of that bucket, so the country-of-origin mix is not available. EPA CDR reports import dependency at the chemical level separately, shown above.

EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Hawkins
Piedmont Chemical Industries I
Purac America

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •Fire extinguishing agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical 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
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.051 kg60%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.051 kg60%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.061 kg60%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg60%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.07500 g60%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.08500 g60%
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.09500 g60%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.18100 g60%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.20100 g60%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.34500 g—
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.45100 g—
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg60%

Chemical Identity

CAS996-31-6
PubChem CID23671663
DTXSIDDTXSID80883631
FormulaC3H5KO3
Mol. Weight128.17 g/mol
SMILESCC(C(=O)[O-])O.[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID808836312026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236716632026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23671663/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23671663.json

996-31-62026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 996-31-62026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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