{"id":87246,"date":"2026-04-06T13:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medqmedicalsuppliers.co.za\/?post_type=product&#038;p=87246"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:59:53","slug":"sodium-tripolyphosphate-sttp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/medqmedicalsuppliers.co.za\/?product=sodium-tripolyphosphate-sttp","title":{"rendered":"Sodium Tripolyphosphate STTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP)<\/p>\n<p> Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is widely used as a key ingredient in synthetic detergents, providing benefits like hard water sequestration, soil emulsification, and pH buffering. It also functions as a food additive in products like processed meats to improve water-holding capacity and is used in industrial applications such as water treatment, ceramics, paper making (de-inking), and metal cleaning. Cleaning products <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Detergents:<\/strong> A major component in both laundry and automatic dishwashing detergents. It softens water by sequestering calcium and magnesium ions, which helps surfactants work more effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Surface cleaners:<\/strong> Used in various household and industrial surface cleaners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soap:<\/strong> Acts as a synergist for soap, preventing grease precipitation. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Food industry <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meat and seafood processing:<\/strong> Enhances water retention and tenderness in processed meats, poultry, and seafood, which can prevent shrinkage during cooking.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality improver:<\/strong> Increases ionic strength and improves water-holding capacity in foods. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Industrial applications <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Water treatment:<\/strong> Softens water for industrial boilers, power stations, and cooling systems, preventing the formation of scale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paper manufacturing:<\/strong> Used in the de-inking process of recycled paper to help disperse ink particles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ceramics:<\/strong> Acts as a deflocculant, which reduces the viscosity of clay slurries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coatings:<\/strong> Used in paints and coatings, and as a component in drilling muds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction:<\/strong> Can be used as a retarder in gypsum board production and to improve the workability of concrete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Metal treatment:<\/strong> Utilized for cleaning and preparing surfaces before painting. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP) Other uses <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Textile dyeing:<\/strong> Used as a dispersing agent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pharmaceuticals:<\/strong> Can be included as an inactive ingredient (excipient) in some tablet formulations. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sodium Tripolyphosphate, is used as a preservative for poultry, meat, and seafood.<\/li>\n<li>It is also added, along with other sodium polyphosphates, to processed cheeses as an emulsifier.<\/li>\n<li>The polyphosphates are negatively charged chains of phosphorus and oxygen that attract <b>water<\/b> molecules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP)<\/p>\n<p> Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) is widely used as a key ingredient in synthetic detergents, providing benefits like hard water sequestration, soil emulsification, and pH buffering. It also functions as a food additive in products like processed meats to improve water-holding capacity and is used in industrial applications such as water treatment, ceramics, paper making (de-inking), and metal cleaning. Cleaning products <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Detergents:<\/strong> A major component in both laundry and automatic dishwashing detergents. It softens water by sequestering calcium and magnesium ions, which helps surfactants work more effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Surface cleaners:<\/strong> Used in various household and industrial surface cleaners.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soap:<\/strong> Acts as a synergist for soap, preventing grease precipitation. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Food industry <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meat and seafood processing:<\/strong> Enhances water retention and tenderness in processed meats, poultry, and seafood, which can prevent shrinkage during cooking.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality improver:<\/strong> Increases ionic strength and improves water-holding capacity in foods. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Industrial applications <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Water treatment:<\/strong> Softens water for industrial boilers, power stations, and cooling systems, preventing the formation of scale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paper manufacturing:<\/strong> Used in the de-inking process of recycled paper to help disperse ink particles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ceramics:<\/strong> Acts as a deflocculant, which reduces the viscosity of clay slurries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coatings:<\/strong> Used in paints and coatings, and as a component in drilling muds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction:<\/strong> Can be used as a retarder in gypsum board production and to improve the workability of concrete.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Metal treatment:<\/strong> Utilized for cleaning and preparing surfaces before painting. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP) Other uses <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Textile dyeing:<\/strong> Used as a dispersing agent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pharmaceuticals:<\/strong> Can be included as an inactive ingredient (excipient) in some tablet formulations. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sodium Tripolyphosphate, is used as a preservative for poultry, meat, and seafood.<\/li>\n<li>It is also added, along with other sodium polyphosphates, to processed cheeses as an emulsifier.<\/li>\n<li>The polyphosphates are 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