“…Specialized bibliographic references mention that more than 50% of the lactic acid produced in the world is used in the food industry as an acidifier and food preservative, since it prevents the growth of Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus (Salminen and Von Wright, 1993;Reyes et al, 2018), as well as in the production of emulsifying agents (Bustos et al, 2004a;Bustos et al, 2005a;Moldes et al, 2007;García et al, 2010;Laopaiboon et al, 2010;Ghaffar et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2015;Espinel-Ríos et al, 2019). Approximately 20% is used in the production of Steaoryl-2-lactuylate, and the rest is used in the pharmaceutical industry (Narayanan et al, 2004;Bustos et al, 2005a), cosmetics (Vick Roy, 1985;Narayanan et al, 2004;Bustos et al, 2005b) and in polymerization into biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) (Bustos et al, 2004b, Laopaiboon et al, 2010Narayanan et al, 2014;Anaya and López, 2018), used in medical applications such as stitches, and clips for closing wounds or prosthetic devices.…”