A white crystal or crystallized powder with a particular sweetness,it dissolves in water,and pyridine,slightly in absolute alcohol,doesn't dissolve in diethyl ether,

         Q/320623NEG02-1997 is adopted as equivalent standard of Japanese gourmet power JISK8291-95. United States Pharmacopoeia USP-23 and Britain Parmacopoeia BP-93 are adopted as equivalent standard for pharma grade. HG2029-91 is adopted as the standard for the technical grade. Q/320623NEG-05-1999 is adopt as the standard for the feed grade.

        It is mainly used in amino acid injection solution as nutritional infusion for clinical treatment, as acid-making agent to treat neural hyperacidity and gastric ulcer hyperacidity,and as a supplemental medicine to treat muscular malnutrition.

        It is used as a flavoring,sweetener and nutritional supplement.It is applied in alcoholic beverage,animal and plant food processing,for the making of salted vegetables and sweet jams, and as an additive for the making of salted sauce,vinegar and fruit juice,in order to improve the flavor and the taste of food and increase the nutrition of food, as a preservative for fish flakes and peanut jams and stabilizer for cream,cheese etc.and as a buffering agent for the taste of edible salt and vinegar.

It is mainly used as a feed additive to increase the amino acid for the poultry and the domestic animals especially for pets.

          It is widely used as an intermediate of the medicine such as thiamphenicol,an intermediate of the farm chemical e.g. herbicide glyphosate,and can be used as a solvent for removing CO₂ in the fertilizer industry and as the galvanizing solution in electroplate industry.