China (Mainland)
Citric Acid Anhydrous/ Citric Acid:
Our citric acid, including citric acid monohydrate and citric acid anhydrous, sells well in many countries. Our capacity for citric acid is 25, 000 tons per year. We can supply citric acid monohydrate and citric acid anhydrous, which can be used as acidulant, flavouring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry. Moreover, it is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent in chemical, cosmetics and cleaning industries. Our citric acid sells well in the market such as Europe, America, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa, etc.
Item
unit
BP93
BP98
USP29
Standard of Enterprise
Description
Colourless Crystals or Crystal Powders
Identification
pass
pass
pass
pass
Content
%
99.5-101.0
99.5-101.0
99.5-100.5
≥99.8%
Moisture
%
≤1.0
≤1.0
≤0.5
≤0.20
Barium
≤1.0
pass
/
pass
Calcium
ppm
≤200
≤200
/
≤200
Iron
ppm
≤50
≤50
/
≤10
Arsenic
ppm
≤1
≤1
≤3
≤1
Heavy Metals(as Pb)
ppm
≤10
≤10
≤10
≤5
Oxalate
ppm
≤350
≤100
pass
≤100
Chloride
ppm
≤50
≤50
/
≤50
Sulphate
ppm
≤150
≤150
pass
≤150
Carbonisables
Not darker than the standard
Sulphated Ash
%
≤0.1
≤0.1
≤0.05
≤0.03
Volatile Organic Impurities
/
/
pass
pass
Lead
ppm
/
≤1
/
≤1
Aluminium
ppm
/
≤0.2
/
≤0.2
Bacteria Endotoxin
ppm
/
≤0.5
/
≤0.5