1.Citric Acid anhydrous&monohydrate 2.Flavoring and preservative 3.BP98/93;USP grade

 Specification of Citric Acid Anhydrous

ITEM	UNIT	STANDARD DATA	ACTUAL DATA
DESCRIPTION	---	COLOURLESS CRYSTALS OR WHITE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
CONTENT	%	99.5 – 100.5	99.92
WATER	%	LESS THAN 1.0	0.18
HEAVY METALS	PPM	LESS THAN 10	3.0
OXALATE	PPM	LESS THAN 350	35
READILY CARBONISABLE SUBSTANCES	---	PASS TEST	PASS TEST
SULPHATED ASH	%	LESS THAN 0.1	0.04
SULPHATE	PPM	LESS THAN 150	25
ALUMINIUM	PPM	LESS THAN 0.2	0.15
BACTERIAL ENDOTOXINS	I.U./MG	LESS THAN 0.5	0.35

Usage:

1.In the food industry, it is used as the acidulant in the making of soda, candy, biscuit, can, jam, juice and so on. 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, it can be taken as the non-toxic plasticizer to make the plastic film of food package.

4.It can be used as both the auxiliary agent in the industrial and civil detergent to make nuisanceless detergent and the retarder in concrete.

Citric Aicd mon BP98