Citric Acid (BP98)

Citric Acid is mainly used as acidulant, flavoring 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.

NO.	ITEM	UNIT	BP98	E330	USP24	FCC	ANALYSIS RESULT
1	CHARACTERISTICS	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL
2	IDENTIFICATION TEST	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST
3	CLARITY & COLOUR OF SOLUTION	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY
4	ASSAY	%	99.5-101.0	99.5-101.0	99.5-100.5	99.5-100.5	99.88
5	MOISTURE	%	≤ 0.5	≤ 0.5	≤ 0.5	0.14
6	SULPHATED ASH	%	≤ 0.1	≤ 0.05	≤ 0.05	≤ 0.05	0.04
7	SULPHATE	ppm	≤ 150	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST	< 30
8	OXALATE	ppm	≤ 350	≤ 100	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST	< 20
9	CALCIUM	ppm	≤ 200	PASS THE TEST	< 10
10	HEAVY METALS	ppm	≤ 10	≤ 5	≤ 5	≤ 5	< 1
11	IRON	ppm	≤ 50	< 1
12	CHLORIDE	ppm	≤ 50	< 5
13	READILY CARBURETED SUBSTANCE	STANDARD COLOUR	STANDARD COLOUR	STANDARD COLOUR	STANDARD COLOUR	LESS THAN STANDARD COLOUR
14	BARIUM	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST
15	BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN	IU/mg	≤ 0.5	< 0.5
16	ALUMINIUM	ppm	≤ 0.2	< 0.2
17	ARSENIC	ppm	≤ 1	≤ 3	≤ 3	< 0.1
18	MERCURY	ppm	≤ 1	< 0.1
19	LEAD	ppm	≤ 1	≤ 0.5	< 0.5
20	ORGANIC VOLATILE IMPURITY	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST
21	TRIDODECYLAMINE	ppm	≤ 0.1	< 0.1
22	U. V. RADIATION ABSORPTION VALUE	PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST