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Citric Acid Monohydrate 8-40 Mesh Citric Acid Monohydrate 8-80 Mesh
Introduction
Citric Acid Monohydrate is a weak organic acid and is used to add a sour taste to drinks and foods. Citric acid's conjugate base is citrate and an important intermediate in the citric acid cycle in biochemistry.
Citric acid is the world's largest organic acid produced by biochemical methods. Citric acid and its salts are one of the pillars of the fermentation industry and are mainly used in the food industry as an acidifier, solubilizer, buffering agent, antioxidant, deodorizer, flavor enhancer, gelling agent, coloring agent, etc.
In food additives,
citric acid is mainly used in carbonated beverages, juice drinks, lactic
acid drinks and other refreshing beverages and pickled products, and
its demand varies depending on the seasonal climate. Citric acid
accounts for about 2/3 of the total consumption of acidulants.
Adding
citric acid to canned fruit can maintain or improve the flavor of the
fruit, increase the acidity of certain fruits with lower acidity when
canned (lower pH), weaken the heat resistance of microorganisms and
inhibit their growth, and prevent bacterial swelling and damage that
often occurs in canned fruits with lower acidity.
Adding citric acid
as an acidulant in candy is easy to harmonize with fruit flavor. In-gel
food such as jam, jelly in the use of citric acid can effectively reduce
the negative charge of pectin, so that the pectin molecules between the
hydrogen bonding and gel.
In the processing of canned vegetables,
some vegetables are an alkaline reaction, the use of citric acid as a pH
adjuster, not only can play a flavoring role but also maintain its
quality.
Citric acid has a chelating effect and adjusting pH-worthy
characteristics make it in the processing of frozen food can increase
the performance of antioxidants, inhibit enzyme activity and extend the
shelf life of food.
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Functions and Applications
Test Items | Specification | Results | |
Characters | Colourless Translucent Crystals Or As White, Fine, Crystalline Powder | Colourless Translucent Crystals Or As White, Fine, Crystalline Powder | |
Identification | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Clarity And Colour OfSolution | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Content | 99.5-100.5% | 100.00% | |
Moisture | 7.5-8.8% | 8.70% | |
Oxalic Acid | ≤100mg/Kg | <100mg/Kg | |
Sulphate | ≤150ppm | <150ppm | |
Readily Carbonisable Substances | Abs ≤0.52 | <0.52 | |
Tra ≥30% | >30% | ||
Residue On Ignition (Sulphated Ash) | ≤0.05% | 0.01% | |
Heavy Metals | ≤10ppm | <5ppm | |
Arsenic | ≤1mg/Kg | <0.1mg/Kg | |
Lead | ≤0.5mg/Kg | <0.1mg/Kg | |
Mercury | ≤1mg/Kg | <0.1mg/Kg | |
Aluminium | ≤0.2ppm | <0.2ppm | |
Bacterial Endotoxins | ≤0.5Iu/Mg | <0.5Iu/Mg | |
Isociric Acid (Relative Substances) | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Trilaurylamine | ≤0.1mg/Kg | <0.1mg/Kg | |
Sterility | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Barium | Pass Test | Pass Test | |
Calcium | ≤200ppm | <200ppm | |
Iron | ≤50ppm | <50ppm | |
Chloride | ≤50ppm | <50ppm |
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