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Thirumalai Jubilant Life Tata Chemicals
Chemicals: Sciences : Keeping Everything from
Pharma Application Products Making Pharma Chicken to the Planet Healthy
from Waste Streams Healthier! One of Tata Chemical's
inorganic chemical products
Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide & is sodium bicarbonate. As a
TCL manufactures Phthalic Niacin) is an important highly versatile alkali, it
Anhydride from the constituent of Vitamin B- keeps everything from the
petrochemical feedstock O- complex. Though an chicken to the planet
Xylene. From the waste essential element, it is not healthy. The manufacturing
streams of this plant, through a process itself is a carbon
process developed in-house, produced by the body; it has sink as it consumes carbon
two very important products - to be supplied through diet dioxide. This chemical plays
Fumaric Acid and Malic Acid or direct supplementation. an important role in poultry
Vitamin B3 is necessary to
are produced. and livestock by preventing
maintain energy and
Fumaric Acid is extensively general vitality as it helps to acidosis. It is an effective
supplement in cattle and
used for making anti retroviral release energy and poultry feed.
drugs. Fumaric acid is used in nutrients from food.
the manufacture of Salt of Iron Being the second largest In humans, the chemical is
(Ferrous Fumarate), an manufacturer of widely used to treat
essential supplement for digestion, in pharmaceutical
anemic persons and nursing Niacinamide & Niacinin the industry. Sodium
mothers. The importance can world, Jubilant has focused bicarbonate is a critical
be understood from the fact on making its product used in the
manufacturing processes
that there is no Iron sustainable. The Company’s increasing need for kidney
supplement other than Ferrous drive for green chemistry dialysis and other intensive
Fumarate in this segment. has led to the development care treatments. It is used as
Fumaric acid is also used in of eco-friendly processes a buffering agent, providing
animal feeds. bicarbonate ions to balance
and use of renewable
the pH during blood
Malic Acid is used as food feedstock. This has purification.
acidulant. It is pertinent to not triggered impulse for
that Malic Acid occurs developing a new and more Sodium bicarbonate is a
naturally in a lot of fruits & efficient catalytic process vital ingredient in the
vegetables, also it is formed in for production of Niacin. production of over-the-
metabolic cycles of Plants, This process applies a multi counter drugs such as
Animals & Humans. Thus Malic functional catalyst, thus effervescent antacids,
Acid is the best suited food reducing a number of vitamin supplements,
acidulant for human individual reaction steps in analgesic tablets and
consumption and is used in the chemical conversion to powders, toothpaste and
beverages, ready to cook foods, only one step. This makes antacid gel formulations.
candies and soft drinks. Malic the process much cleaner, In addition, sodium
Acid finds application in greener and carbon bicarbonate in the form of
Pharma sector also – it is used efficient. an effervescent solution is
in the treatment of also effective in cleaning
fybromyalgia and chronic dentures.
fatigue syndrome.
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