Product Description
Citric acid is one of the most widely used organic acids,It is used as an acidulant and preservative in the food industries, also used as a complexing agent and starting materials for functional compounds in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
Specification
| Items | Stadards |
| Appearance | Colorless crystals or white crystalline powders |
| Assay | 99.5%-100.5% |
| Clarity & Clolor of Solution | 20% water solution clarifying |
| Moisture | 7.5-8.8 |
| Sulphated Ash | ≤ 0.05% |
| Light Transmittance | ≥97.0% |
| Sulpahte | ≤150ppm |
| Chloride | ≤50ppm |
| Calcium | ≤75ppm |
| Heavy Metal | ≤5ppm |
| Iron | ≤5ppm |
| Oxalate | ≤100ppm |
| Readily Carbonizable | Not darker than standard |
| Aluminium | ≤0.2ppm |
| Arsenic | ≤1ppm |
| Mercury | ≤1ppm |
| Lead | ≤0.5ppm |
| Endotoxin of Germ | ≤0.5IU/Mg |
| Tridodecylamine | ≤0.1ppm |
Uses
Widely used in food industry as acidulant,flavoring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry, it is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer anddetergent in chemical, cosmetics and cleaning industries.
Citric acid is a concentrated powder that is prized for its sour flavor, preservative quality, and ability to act as a pH buffer. For these reasons, citric acid is found on the ingredients list of many foods in your kitchen pantry, including preserves,candy,and crunchy snacks. It is also known as “sour salt” due to its flavor and similar appearance and texture to salt.
Package
25kg Woven bag with liner.
Storage
Store citric acid in its original container in a cool, dry place. From the date of manufacturing, it has a shelf life of three years once opened and will stay stable for at least five years unopene