Food Grade Citric Acid Monohydrate BP

Specifications

Features:
1)  Applications: Citric acid is mainly used as an acidulant, flavorant and preservative in foods and beverages, also used as an antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent builder.

Especially for food industry, itric acid has a unique and tangy flavor. It is used to make vitamin C tablets and other medicines taste like citrus fruits. Citric acid is also used to flavor soft drinks such as Sprite, and it is used to make candy sour. Chefs use citric acid as a meat tenderizer.

2)  Specification: BP2009/USP32/FCC6/E330

Inner packing: 25kg/net craft bag with inner PE bag

Properties:

At room temperature, citric acid is a white crystalline powder. It can exist either in an anhydrous (water-free) form or as a monohydrate. The anhydrous form crystallizes from hot water, whereas the monohydrate forms when citric acid is crystallized from cold water. The monohydrate can be converted to the anhydrous form by heating it above 74 c. Citric acid also dissolves in absolute (anhydrous) ethanol (76 parts of citric acid per 100 parts of ethanol) at 15 degrees celsius. In chemical structure, citric acid shares the properties of other carboxylic acids. When heated above 175 c, it decomposes through the loss of carbon dioxide and water.