Citric Acid CAS:5949-29-1 Food Grade as Food Additives CAS NO.5949-29-1

1.Citric acid monohydrate price food and drink

Powdered citric acid being used to prepare lemon pepper seasoning.

Citric acid can be added to ice cream as an emulsifying agent to keep fats from separating, to caramel to prevent sucrose crystallization, or in recipes in place of fresh lemon juice.

Citric acid can be used in food coloring to balance the pH level of a normally basic dye.

2.Citric acid monohydrate cleaning and chelating agent

Citric acid is an excellent chelating agent, binding metals. It is used to remove limescale from boilers and evaporators. It can be used to soften water, which makes it useful in soaps and laundry detergents.

Citric acid is the active ingredient in some bathroom and kitchen cleaning solutions. It is used to dissolve rust from steel.

Citric acid can be used in shampoo to wash out wax and coloring from the hair.

Citric acid is an alpha hydroxy acid and used as an active ingredient in chemical peels.

Citric acid is used as one of the active ingredients in the production of antiviral tissues.

3.Citric acid monohydrate price other uses

Citric acid is used as an odorless alternative to white vinegar for home dyeing with acid dyes.

Citric acid can be used as an alternative to nitric acid in passivation of stainless steel

Citric acid can be used as a lower-odor stop bath as part of the process for developing photographic film.