Beverage Use Sodium Citrate Bp, USP FCC

1.Chemical name: Sodium citrate Dihydrate

2.Molecular formula:Na3C6H6O7.2H2O

3.Molecular weight: 294.10

4.Cas No:6132-04-3

5.Character: Colorless or white crystalline granular 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 centigrade degree. It may lose crystal water.

6.Specification

Name ofIndex

Usp23Index

Test Result

Identification

Conformed

Conformed

Content(Na3C6H5O7.2H2O),%

99.0-101.0

99.52

Acidity and Alkalinity

Accord with the test

Accord with the test

Sulphates ≤%

0.01

< 0.01

Heavy metals(As Pb), ≤%

0.001

< 0.001

Oxalate ≤%

0.02

< 0.02

Easily carbonize substances

Accord with the test

Accord with the test

Chloride ≤%

0.003

< 0.003

Loss on drying %

11.0-13.0

12.2

Solubility

Conformed

Conformed

7.Uses:In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelate agent, nutrient additive, emulsifier, flavor for yoghurt. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used as anticoagulant and as preservative in syrup manufactured goods, buffer acidity acid in cold drink, prevent acid in dairy products, used as binder in cheese and minced meat, acid coagulant in jellies and jam, emulsifier and stabilizer, in cheese and ice cream.