| Customization: | Available |
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| CAS No.: | 5949-29-1 |
| Formula: | C6h10o8 |
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1. Food industry
Citric acid is the most biochemically produced organic acid in the world. Citric acid and salts are one of the pillar products of the fermentation industry, mainly used in the food industry, such as sour agents, solubilizers, buffers, antioxidants, Deodorizing agent, flavor enhancer, gelling agent, toner, etc.| Item | Unit | Quality Standards |
| Characters | --- | White or almost white, crystalline powder, colourless crystals or granules. Odorless, has a strongly acid taste. effloresces in dry air. Very soluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol. |
| Identification | --- | Pass Test |
| Appearance of solution | --- | Pass Test |
| Assay | % | 99.5~ 100.5 |
| Water | % | 7.5~ 8.8 |
| Readily Carbonisable Substances | --- | Pass Test |
| Sulphated Ash (Residue on Ignition) | % | ≤0.05 |
| Sulfate | mg/kg | ≤150 |
| Oxalate | mg/kg | ≤100 |
| Lead | mg/kg | ≤0.5 |
| Arsenic | mg/kg | ≤1 |
| Mercury | mg/kg | ≤1 |
| Aluminium | mg/kg | ≤0.2 |
| Heavy Metals | mg/kg | ≤10 |
| Bacterial endotoxins | IU/mg | ≤0.5 |
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