1. Food & Healthcare Ingredients

• Preservative and Stabilizer: Used in canned vegetables, soft drinks, salad dressings, and sauces to bind trace metals (iron, copper) that cause oxidation and spoilage, helping to extend shelf life.
• Color and Flavor Retainer: Prevents discoloration in foods such as potatoes, beans, and shellfish, and preserves flavor and appearance by preventing metal-catalyzed degradation.
• Emulsifier Enhancer: Improves the stability of emulsified products like mayonnaise by preventing metal-induced breakdown of emulsions.

2. Pharmaceuticals

• Chelation Therapy Agent: Used as a detoxifying agent in patients with heavy metal poisoning, especially lead poisoning, by binding metals and facilitating their excretion.
• Stabilizer in Drug Formulations: Enhances the shelf life and efficacy of certain medications by binding metal ions that could catalyze degradation.
• Component in Eye Drops and Injectables: Maintains product clarity and metal ion balance, especially in ophthalmic and parenteral preparations.

3. Water Treatment 

• Heavy Metal Remover: Added to industrial wastewater or process water to sequester lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium, allowing safe discharge or recycling.
• Prevents Scale and Corrosion: By binding calcium, magnesium, and other metal ions, it prevents the formation of scale and corrosion in pipes and equipment.

4.  Personal Care

• Preservative Enhancer: Improves the effectiveness of preservatives by chelating metal ions that would otherwise reduce preservative function.
• Stabilizer in Creams and Shampoos: Helps maintain product texture, color, and fragrance by preventing oxidative degradation caused by trace metals.
• pH Buffering Support : Used alongside other agents to maintain optimal pH balance in skincare and haircare products.

5. Agrochemicals

• Micronutrient Carrier in Fertilizers: Delivers essential trace metals (like zinc, iron, copper) to plants in a chelated, bioavailable form, preventing metal precipitation in soil.
• Feed Additive for Animals: Helps prevent heavy metal toxicity in livestock by binding excess metals and promoting detoxification via excretion.

6. Performance Chemicals

• Metal Chelator in Analytical Reagents: Used in titration and sample preparation to bind metal ions, especially in trace metal analysis or environmental monitoring.
• Reference Agent in Stability Studies: Added to test the impact of metal contamination on sensitive compounds or solutions during research.