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Citric Acid Anhydrous

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

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

Item	Quality Standards
Characters	Colourless Translucent Crystals Or as white fine,Crystalline Powder
Identification	Pass Test
Appearance of solution	Pass Test
Assay, %	99.5~ 100.5
Water, %	≤0.5
Readily Carbonisable Substances	Pass Test
Sulphated Ash (Residue on Ignition),%	≤0.05
Sulfate,mg/kg	≤150
Oxalate, mg/kg	≤100
Lead,mg/kg	≤0.5
Arsenic,mg/kg	≤1.0
Mercury,mg/kg	≤1.0
Aluminium,mg/kg	≤0.2
Heavy Metals, mg/kg	≤5.0
Bacterial endotoxins, IU/mg	<0.5