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Citric Acid Introduction
Citric acid (CA), with the molecular formula C₆H₈O₇, is an important organic acid. It is a colorless crystal, odorless, has a strong sour taste, is easily soluble in water, and is a natural preservative and food additive.
It is mainly used in food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries as sour agent, flavoring agent, preservative, preservative, and pharmaceutical auxiliary material. Used as antioxidant, plasticizer, detergent, etc. in chemical industry, cosmetic industry and washing industry.

Natural citric acid is widely distributed in nature. Natural citric acid exists in the bones, muscles and blood of plants such as lemons, citrus, pineapples and other fruits and animals. Synthetic citric acid is made by fermenting sugar, molasses, starch, grapes and other sugary substances.
 

Citric Acid Parts

Item Citric Acid Monohydrate Citri Acid Anhydrous
CAS 5949-29-1 77-92-9
Molecular Formula C₆H₈O₇•H₂O C₆H₈O₇
Characters White or almost white, crystalline powder, colourless
crystals or granules. Odorless, has a strongly acid taste. Very
soluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol.
White or almost white, crystalline powder, colourless
crystals or granules. Odorless, has a strongly acid taste. Very
soluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol.
Identification Pass Test Pass Test
Appearance of solution Pass Test Pass Test
Assay 99.5-100.5% 99.5-100.5%
Water 7.5-8.8% ≤0.5%
Readily Carbonisable Substances Pass Test Pass Test
Sulphated Ash (Residue on Ignition) ≤0.05% ≤0.05%
Sulfate ≤50mg/kg ≤50mg/kg
Oxalate ≤50mg/kg ≤50mg/kg
Chloride ≤5mg/kg ≤5mg/kg
Lead ≤0.1mg/kg ≤0.1mg/kg
Arsenic ≤0.1mg/kg ≤0.1mg/kg
Mercury ≤0.1mg/kg ≤0.1mg/kg
Aluminium ≤0.2mg/kg ≤0.2mg/kg
Heavy Metals ≤5mg/kg ≤5mg/kg
Bacterial endotoxins <0.5IU/mg <0.5IU/mg
What Is Citric Acid Mainly Used For?

Product Packaging And Storage

Kraft paper bag, plastic woven bag, paper-plastic composite bag, container bag; 25kg/bag, 500kg/bag, 1000kg/bag, etc.

Store in a dry, ventilated and pollution-free environment at room temperature. Avoid direct sunlight, should not be stacked in the open air
 
 

Polifar Advantage --- Citric Acid

Polifar Group has 10 years of experience in food ingredients such as sweeteners, preservatives, acidity regulators and humectants, with an annual export revenue of 41 million US dollars. Passed FDA, Fami-QS, ISO9001, HALAL certification. In addition, Polifar has a complete operating system (supply, production management, packaging, inventory, pre-factory inspection, after-sales service), which can bring customers a safe trading environment. Our employees have rich experience in food ingredients and know the market situation very well. We can update the market situation for you in time, such as market demand and product price changes.
 
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Download/User Manual About citric acid

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COA-citric acid monohydrate.pdf 274KB 4 2023-02-22 download Download
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