Description
Anhydrous citric acid is a natural component and an intermediate product of physiological metabolism in animals and plants, and it is also one of the most widely used organic acids in the fields of food, medicine, and chemical industry. It is colorless transparent or translucent crystal, or granular or granular powder, odorless, although it has a strong sour taste, it is pleasant and slightly astringent. Gradually weathers in warm air, slightly deliquescent in moist air. Widely used as sour agent and pharmaceutical additive in food and beverage. It can also be used as a raw material and additive for cosmetics, metal cleaning agents, mordants, non-toxic plasticizers and boiler scale inhibitors. Its main salt products are sodium citrate, calcium and ammonium salts, etc. Sodium citrate is a blood anticoagulant, and ferric ammonium citrate can be used as a blood supplement.
