Citric Acid

Citric Acid is mainly used as flavoring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry. Citric Acid also can be used as antioxidant, plasticizer, detergent in chemical, cosmetics and detergent industries.

product details

Description

Applications

• Food Industry. Because of its mild and refreshing acidity, citric acid is commonly used in the manufacture of a wide variety of beverages, sodas, wines, candies, snacks, cookies, canned fruit juices, dairy products and other foods.

• Chemical and Textile Industry. Citric acid can be used as a reagent for chemical analysis in chemical technology, as a reagent for experimental reagents, chromatographic analysis reagents and biochemical reagents; used as a complexing agent, masking agent; used to prepare buffer solutions.

• Livestock Production Industry. It has the characteristics of promoting the growth of animals, improving the quality of products, increasing the disease resistance and survival rate, improving the feed conversion rate and shortening the feeding cycle.

• Cosmetics Industry. Citric acid belongs to a kind of fruit acid, the main role is to accelerate the renewal of keratin, commonly used in lotions, creams, shampoos, whitening products, anti-aging products, acne products and so on.

• Sterilization Industry. The combined action of citric acid and 80℃ temperature has good effect of killing bacterial spores, and can effectively kill bacterial spores contaminated in the pipeline of hemodialysis machine.

• Medicine Industry. This product is used as an in vitro anticoagulant in blood transfusions or laboratory anticoagulation of blood samples.

Specifications

ITEMS	Citric Acid Anhydrous	Citric Acid Monohydrate
Functional Use	Acidity Regulator	Acidity Regulator
Appearance	White Crystal Granule	White Crystal Granule
Assay(%)	99.5~100.5	99.5~100.5
Water(%)	≤0.5	≤0.5
Readily Carbonisable Substances	≤0.5	≤0.5
Sulphated Ash(Residue on Ignition)	≤0.5	≤0.5
Sulfate Content(mg/kg)	≤150	≤150
Heavy Metals(mg/kg)	≤5.0	≤5.0
Bacterial EndotoxinsIU/mg	≤0.5	≤0.5

Package

25kg plastic bag.

Storage Conditions

Store the goods in a dedicated warehouse that is well-ventilated and dry and keep away from moisture. Residual product must be sealed and stored to prevent moisture.

Shelf Life

Well-packaged product has a shelf life of 12 months since production. If exceeds the expiration date, it must be verified through testing before use.

Jiankai-Citric Acid Anhydrous/Monohydrate Supplier

Shanxi Jiankai Fine Chemicals Co.,Ltd is one professional Food Additives supplier in China with over 20 years of production and export experience. Our products have been passed many certifications like ISO9001, ISO14001, SGS, ZHDC, etc. Jiankai have won the favor of consumers from many countries and regions and will provide you high quality products and professional service, warmly welcome your inquiry of our Citric Acid Anhydrous/Monohydrate at anytime.