Food Grade Citric Acid Anhydrous/Citric Acid Monohydrate CAS NO.77-92-9

1. In the food industry, it is used as the acidulant in the making of soda, candy, biscuit, can,jam,juice and so on. Moreover, 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, esters of citric acid 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. Moreover, it is also applied to industries like electroplating, leather and ink.

Specification: citric acid anhydrous ITEM SPECIFICATION RESULT Appearance Colorless or white crystal Colorless or white crystal Identification Complies with the limit Test Conforms Clarity&Colour of Solution Pass test Pass test Purity 99.5~101.0% 99.94% Moisture < 1.0% 0.14% Sulphated Ash ≤0.05% 0.01% Sulphate ≤150ppm <150ppm Oxalic acid ≤100ppm <100ppm Heavy Metals ≤5ppm <5ppm Readily Carbonisable Substance Pass test Pass test Bacterial Endotoxin <0.5IU/mg <0.5IU/mg Aluminium ≤0.2ppm <0.2ppm Lead ≤0.5ppm <0.5ppm Arsenic ≤1ppm < 1ppm Mercury ≤1ppm < 1ppm Mesh 30-100MESH Conforms Conclusion: IN CONFORMITY WITH BP/USP/FCC/E330 citric acid monohydrate ITEM SPECIFICATION RESULT Appearance Colorless or white crystal Colorless or white crystal Identification Complies with the limit Test Conforms Clarity&Colour of Solution Pass test Pass test Purity 99.5~101.0% 99.96% Moisture 7.5~8.8% 8.72% Sulphated Ash ≤0.05% 0.01% Sulphate ≤150ppm <150ppm Oxalic acid ≤100ppm <100ppm Heavy Metals ≤5ppm <5ppm Readily Carbonisable Substance Pass test Pass test Bacterial Endotoxin ≤0.5IU/mg <0.5IU/mg Aluminium ≤0.2ppm <0.2ppm Lead ≤0.5ppm <0.5ppm Arsenic ≤1ppm < 1ppm Mercury ≤1ppm < 1ppm Mesh 8-80MESH Conforms Conclusion: IN CONFORMITY WITH BP/USP/FCC/E330