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Food Grade Potassium Citrate Powder
White or slightly crystal granular or powder; odorless, cool and salty; easily deliquescent; easily soluble in water or glycerine but almost insoluble in Ethanol; Relative density is 1.98. It will melt and decompose when heated to 230℃.
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 buffer, chelating agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsifier and flavor. Applied in dairy product、jellies、 jam、 meat、 tinned and pastry. Also used as emulsifier in cheese and fresh-keeping in citrus. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used for curing hypokalimia, potassium deficiency deficiency and alkalization of urine.
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 Potassium Citrate Powder
Molecular formula:K3C6H5O7·H2O
Molecular Weight:324.41
Quality standards:
| Name of index | GB14889-94 | BP2009 | FCC-V | USP32 | E 332 (ii) |
| Appearance | White or light yellow crystal or powder | White or light yellow crystal or powder | White or light yellow crystal or powder | White or light yellow crystal or powder | White, hygroscopic, granular powder or transparent crystals |
| Content(K3C6H5O7) ,≥% | 99.0 | 99.0-101.0 |
99.0-100.5 | 99.0-100.5 | 99.0(on the anhydrous basis) |
| Test for citrate | - | - | - | - | Passes test |
| Test for potassium | - | - | - | - | Passes test |
| PH(5 % aqueous solution) | - | - | - | - | 7.5-9.0 |
| Heavy metal(AsPb),≤% | 0.001 | 0.001 | - | 0.001 | - |
| AS ,≤% | 0.0003 | 0.0001 | - | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| Loss on drying ,% | 3.0-6.0 | - | 3.0-6.0 | 3.0-6.0 | ≤6.0(180 °C, 4 hours) |
| Lead | - | - | 0.0002 | - | 0.0001 |
| Mercury ,≤% | - | - | - | 0.0001 | |
| Moisture ,% | - | 4.0-7.0 | - | - | - |
| Cl ,≤% | - | 0.005 | - | - | - |
| Sulphate Salt ,≤% | - | 0.015 | - | - | - |
| Qxalates ,≤% | - | 0.03 | - | - | 0.01(as oxalic acid, after drying) |
| Sodium ,≤% | - | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| Alkalinity | Pass test | Pass test | Pass test | Pass test | - |
| Readily Carbonisable Substances | - | Pass test | - | - | - |
| Transparenly and color of sample | - | Pass test | - | - | - |
| Pyrogens | - | Pass test | - | - | - |
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