BASEL, Switzerland—Jungbunzlauer announced it will offer lactic acid and its salts beginning in 2012. Initial offerings will include several grades of L(+)-lactic acid, sodium lactate and potassium lactate. Blends will be introduced at a later date. Lactics samples will be available beginning in mid-November 2011.
The company is in the final phase of constructing a lactics factory in Marckolsheim, France, where it also produces gluconates and the sweetener Erylite®.