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Citric Acid Monohydrate

Citric Acid Monohydrate is mainly used as acidulating, flavoring and preservative in food and beverages.

It is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer, detergent agent etc.

Items	Specification
Characteristics	Colorless or White Crystal
Identification	Pass Test
Clarity&Colour of Solution	Pass Test
Content, %	99.5-101
Water,%	7.5-9.0
Barium	Pass Test
Calcium	Pass Test
Heavy metals, ppm	≤10
Iron, ppm	≤5.0
Oxalate,ppm	≤350
Arsenic, ppm	≤1.0
Chloride, ppm	≤50
Readily Carbonisable substances	Pass Test
Sulphated Ash, %	≤0.05
Sulphate, ppm	≤150
Aluminium, ppm	≤0.2
Bacterial Endotoxins, U/mg	≤0.5