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:
Pharma
Food
Beverages
Personal Care
Industrial
Healthcare
- Buffering agent
- Anticoagulant
- Drying agent
- Dairy
- Bakery
- Snacks
- Flavors
- Packed ready to eat food
- Dressings, sauces
- Concentration syrups
- Instant mix drinks
- Cosmetics
- Oral
- Body
- Industrial cleaners
- Dish Washing, Laundry
- Pesticides
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Supplements