Citric acid Anhydrous
Molecular formula: C6H8O7.

Characteristic:Colourless Crystals or White Crystalline Powder

H.S.Code:2918140000
Package:in 25kg net kraft paper bags, in 1000kg net jumbo bags

Use: Citric Acid is mainly used as acidulant, flavouring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry. Moreover, it is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent in chemical, cosmetics and cleaning industries.

1. In the food industry, it is used as the acidulant in the making of soda, candy, biscuit, can, jam, juice and so on. Moreover, it can be used as the antioxidant of grease.

2. In the medicine industry, it is the raw material of many pharmaceuticals, such as ferric ammonium citrate (blood tonic), sodium citrate (blood transfusion agent) and so on. Moreover, citric acid is also used as the acidulant in lots of medicines.      

3. In the chemical industry, esters of citric acid can be taken as the non-toxic plasticizer to make the plastic film of food package.

ITEM	UNIT	BP93	BP98	USP24	Standard of Enterprise
Description		Colourless Crystals or Crystal Powders
Identification		Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Content	%	99.5-101.0	99.5-101.0	99.5-100.5	≥99.8%
Moisture	%	≤1.0	≤1.0	≤0.5	≤0.20
Barium		Pass	Pass	/	Pass
Calcium	ppm	≤200	≤200	/	≤200
Iron	ppm	≤50	≤50	/	≤10
Arsenic	ppm	≤1	≤1	≤3	≤1
Heavy Metals(as Pb)	ppm	≤10	≤10	≤10	≤5
Oxalate	ppm	≤350	≤100	Pass	≤100
Chloride	ppm	≤50	≤50	/	≤50
Sulphate	ppm	≤150	≤150	Pass	≤150
Carbonisables		Not darker than the standard
Sulphated Ash	%	≤0.1	≤0.1	≤0.05	≤0.03
Volatile Organic Impurities		/	/	Pass	Pass
Lead	ppm	/	≤1	/	≤1
Aluminium	ppm	/	≤0.2	/	≤0.2
Bacteria Endotoxin	IU/mg	/	≤0.5	/	≤0.5