Citric Acid Monohydrate

Citric acid is often used in the food sector, in fact we find it with the denomination E330. It is used as a flavoring and preservative in foods and beverages, especially in soft drinks and candies, as an acidulant and to correct the pH of basic dyes, as an emulsifier in ice cream, to replace lemon juice or to prevent the precipitation of sugar in the caramel.

Category Food

Citric acid is a carboxylic acid, more precisely a weak tricarboxylic acid, with the formula C6H6O7.
Citric acid generally occurs in the form of a colorless and odorless white crystalline powder, and is easily soluble in water over a wide pH range.