Product Description
High quality food additive Sodium Citrate/ Trisodium Citrate
1, Formula: C6H5Na3O7·2H2O
2, Formula wt, dihydrate 294.10
3, CAS: dihydrate [6132-04-3]
4, Einecs: 200-675-3
5, Specificity: Colorless or white crystalline granule or crystalline powder odorless; taste salty and cold, soluble in water, difficulty in ethanol; slightly deliquescence in moist air,PH7.5－9.0 in 5% aqueous solution, when heated to 150℃,it may lose crystal water.
6, Application: In the food industry as buffering agent, chelating agent, buttermilk nutritional supplement, emulsifier, flavoring agent. As an anticoagulant in the pharmaceutical industry and a preservative in syrup preparations. Such as in the cool drink can moderate the acidity of the citric acid, can prevent the rancidity of dairy products, for cheese, meat thickening agent, jelly, fruit juice gelling agent, cheese, ice cream emulsifier, stabilizer, etc.
7, H.S. Code: 29181500 CIQ Checking: Statutory Inspection
8, Tax refund rate：13%
9, Loading capacity 20 feet FCL：25mt without pallets/ 22mt with pallets
10, Packing: 25kg net paper bag or jumbo big bag with PE liner.
11, Storage and Transport: Store in a tightly sealed container in a cool, dry, well ventilated area. Avoid exposure to heat and moisture.
Specification:
| Name of index | BP 2010 | E-331(iii) | USP 30 | |
| Description | Crystalline white powder or colourless crystals | |||
| Content( anhydrous basis) | % | 99.0-101.0 | ≥99.0 | 99.0-100.5 |
| Solubility | Freely soluble in water,
practically insoluble in ethanol (96 %) |
— | — | |
| Identification | Pass test | Pass test | ||
| Appearance of solution | Solution is clear and colourless | — | — | |
| Acidity or Alkalinity | Pass test | — | Pass test | |
| Tartrate | — | — | Pass test | |
| Sulphate | ≤% | 0.015 | — | — |
| Heavy metals | ≤% | 0.001 | — | 0.001 |
| Oxalate(As H2C2O4) | ≤% | 0.03 | 0.01 | — |
| Chloride | ≤% | 0.005 | — | — |
| Loss on drying, | % | 11.0-13.0 | 10.0-13.0 (180 °C, 18 hours) | 10.0-13.0
(180 °C, 18 hours) |
| Pyrogens | Pass test | — | — | |
| Readily carbonisable substances | Pass test | — | — | |
| pH value(5% aqueous solution) | — | 7.5-9.0 | — | |
| Arsenic(As) | ≤ppm | — | 1 | — |
| Lead(Pb) | ≤ppm | — | 2 | — |
| Mercury(Hg) | ≤ppm | — | 1 | — |
