description: | Quality Standard of Citric Acid Anhydrous | ITEM | UNIT | BP93 | BP98 | USP24 | 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 | | Pass | 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 | IU/mg | / | ≤0.5 | / | ≤0.5 |
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Applications: Citric Acid is mainly 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. Package: in 25kg net kraft paper bags, in 1000kg net jumbo bags Storage: Kept in a light-proof, well-closed, dry and cool place. |
