Food Grade Calcium Citrate

White and odorless powder; slightly hygroscopic; hardly soluble in water and almost insoluble in Ethanol. When heated to 100℃, it will lose crystal water gradually; as heated to 120℃, the crystal will lose all of its crystal water.

In 25kg composite plastic woven/paper bag with PE liner.

Storage and transport:To be stored in a dry, ventilate and clean warehouse; Valid for two years.

In food industry, it is used as chelating agent, buffer, coagulant, and calcareous intensifying agent, mainly applied to dairy product, jam, cold drink, flour, cake, and so on.

Commonly, we add this product according to the proportion of 0.2-0.5%.

It can be adjustable according to the actual situation.

Detailed Description


Food Grade Calcium Citrate
Molecular formula:Ca3(C6H5O7)2.4H2O
Molecular Weight:570.5
Quality standards:

Name of index GB17203-1998 FCC-V USP 32 E 333 (iii)
Appearance White Crystalline Powder White Powder White Crystalline Powder Fine white powder
Content , % 98.0-100.5 97.5-100.5 97.5-100.5 ≥97.5(on the anhydrous basis)
Test for calcium  - - - Passes test
Test for citrate  - - - Passes test
Oxalates(as oxalic acid, after drying) ,mg/kg - - - 100
As ,≤% 0.0003 - 0.0003 0.0001
Fluoride,≤% 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003
Acid-insoluble substance,≤ % 0.2 0.2 0.2 -
Pb, ≤% - 0.0002 0.001 0.0001
Mercury,≤% - - - 0.0001
Aluminium,mg/kg - - - 200
Heavy metals (as Pb)  ≤ % 0.002 - 0.002 -
Loss on drying       % 10.0-13.3 10.0-14.0 10.0-13.3 ≤14.0  (180 °C, 4 hours)
Clear grade Accord with the test - - -
Carbonates - - - Passes test


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