Product Details

Citric Acid

Citric acid anhydrous or monohydrate, the most widely used acidulant to give a sour taste in food and beverage, also acts as a preservative, PH buffer, antioxidant and chelating agent.

The European food additive number for it is E330.

China is the biggest manufacturer of citric acid in the world and exported around 1 million tons in 2019.

Brands available: Ensign, TTCA, RZBC, Lemon Star, Taihe, etc.

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	Anhy	Mono
According to	BP98	BP98
Tests	Specifications	Specifications
Characteristics	White crystals	Colourless crystals or white crystalline powder, efflorescent
Solubility		Conforming with test
clarity and colour of solution	Conforming with test	Conforming with test
Assay	99.5%-101%	99.5%-101%
Water	1% Max	7.5%-9%
Sulfate	150ppm Max	150ppm Max
Readily carbonisable substances	Conforming with test	Not deeper than specifications
Barium	Conforming with test	Conforming with test
Calcium	200ppm Max	200ppm Max
Lead(PB)	0.5ppm Max	1ppm Max
Heavy metals		10ppm Max
Iron	50ppm Max	50ppm Max
Chloride	50ppm Max	50ppm Max
Oxalate	100ppm Max	350ppm Max
Aluminum	0.2ppm Max	0.2ppm Max
Bacterial endotoxins	0.5 I.U./mg Max	0.5 I.U./mg Max
Arsenic	3ppm Max	1ppm Max
Me.	1ppm Max	1ppm Max
Sulfated ash	0.05% Max
Tridodecylamine	0.1ppm Max
Arganic volatile impurities	Conforming with test

Food & Beverage

It is the common organic acid added to food together with malic acid and tartaric acid. Food grade citric acid can be used for an acidulant, preservative, antioxidant and chelating agent in food.

Mozzarella, whey cheese
Fats and oils
Frozen fruit and vegetables, canned or bottled fruit and vegetables
Jam, jellies and marmalades
Cocoa and chocolate products
Pasta, fresh minced meat, unprocessed fish
Table-top sweeteners in liquid/powder/tablets form
Infant formulae, processed cereal-based foods and baby foods
Fruit juices, beer and malt beverages

Cosmetics

It functions as a buffering, chelating and masking agent in cosmetic and personal care products,such as shampoo.

Pharmaceutical

Citric acid can chelate metal ions, buffer pH and impart flavor in the pharmaceutical industry. It can also be used as an external anticoagulant as it can prevent blood coagulation by lowering the concentration of calcium ions in blood through binding with calcium ions which will form a soluble complex but difficult to dissociate.

Industry uses

1. Water softener

Citric acid's ability to chelate metals makes it used as a water conditioner in the treatment of industrial water and drinking water. Like EDTA, it is a chelating agent that can bind metal ions, commonly calcium and magnesium in water and remove them from pipes, household appliances, and etc.

2. Household cleaner

Citric acid can be used in household cleaning products, acting as a multifunctional cleaner for dishwasher and window, also for dish soaps, laundry detergents, rust removers and so on.