Sodium Citrate / Trisodium Citrate

Description:

  • Sodium citrate is primarily used as a food additive to add flavor to or preserve the food. In certain types of club soda, sodium citrate is used as a flavoring agent.
  • In addition, sodium citrate is used as a flavoring agent in many ready-to-drink beverages, gelatin mix, ice creams, processed cheese, and sweets, among many others. Moreover, sodium citrate is used in, both, hydrous & anhydrous form.
  • Furthermore, sodium citrate is also used in combination with citric acid as a buffering agent to maintain pH in many food & beverage applications

Properties of Sodium Citrate:

  • White crystalline powder
  • Practically odorless
  • Saline, mild tart flavor
  • Completely neutralized salt
  • Freely soluble in water
  • Practically insoluble in ethanol
  • Dihydrate
  • Chemically and Biologically stable
  • Low reactive
  • Non-toxic

Applications:

  • Buffering agent
  • Anticoagulant
  • Drying agent
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