Food Acidulant

Our product range contains a wide range of Citric Acid Monohydrate

Citric Acid Monohydrate

Citric Acid Monohydrate is a weak organic acid. Citric Acid Monohydrate is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks. In biochemistry, Citric Acid Monohydrate is important as an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, and therefore occurs in the metabolism of virtually all living things. Citric Acid Monohydrate can also be used as an environmentally benign cleaning agent. Citric Acid Monohydrate exists in greater than trace amounts in a variety of fruits and vegetables, most notably citrus fruits. Lemons and limes have particularly high concentrations of the acid; it can constitute as much as 8% of the dry weight of these fruits (about 47 g/L in the juices). The concentrations of citric acid in citrus fruits range from 0.005 mol/L for oranges and grapefruits to 0.30 mol/L in lemons and limes. Within species, these values vary depending on the cultivar and the circumstances in which the fruit was grown. Applications

Food, beverages, flavor enhancer, coloring, preservative, detergents, cleaners, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, industrial and chemical processing
It is used in fluxes for galvanizing, soldering and tinning

Technical Specifications

Identification	-	Colorless Crystals or White Crystalline Powders
Appearance of Solution	-	Pass Test
Assay	-	Pass Test
Sulphate	%	99.5 ~101.0
Oxalate	PPM	≤150
Heavy Metal (as Pb)	PPM	≤150
Barium	PPM	≤5
Calcium	-	Pass Test
Iron	PPM	≤200
Chloride	PPM	≤10
Sulphated Ash	PPM	≤50
Moisture	%	≤0.05
Readily Carbonisable Substances	%	≤8.8
Lead	-	Less than Standard
As	PPM	≤0.5
Mercury	PPM	≤1
Aluminum	PPM	≤1
Bacteria Endotoxin	PPM	≤0.2
prganic Volatile Impurities	IU/ mg	≤0.5
Tridodecylamine	-	Pass Test
Ultraviolet Absorbance	PPM	≤0.1