Citric Acid

CAS No.:

77-92-9

MF:

C6H8O7

Packaging:

25kg plastic woven bag lined with PE bag

Item	Index
Characters	White or almost white, cyrstalline powder, colorless crystals or granules. Odorless, has a strongly acid taste. Very soluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol
Identification	Pass test
Appearance of solution	Pass test
Assay %	99.5-100.5
Water %	0.5 max
Readily carbonisable substances	Pass test
Sulphate Ash (Residue on ignition) %	0.05 max
Sulfate mg/kg	150 max
Oxalate mg/kg	100 max
Lead mg/kg	0.5 max
Arsenic mg/kg	1 max
Mercury mg/kg	1 max
Aluminium mg/kg	0.2 max
Heavy metals mg/kg	10 max
Bacterial endotoxins IU/mg	0.5 max

Application:
Citric acid is known as the first edible acid taste agent, gb2760-1996 in China for the permitted use of food acidity regulator. In the food industry, it is widely used as acidity agent, solvent, buffer, antioxidant, deodorant agent, chelating agent, etc.