Food Grade Sodium Citrate

Acidity Regulation: Sodium citrate is used to adjust acidity in food and beverage formulations where controlled pH is required.

Buffering: It works with citric acid to form a citrate buffer system for maintaining a defined pH range during formulation and processing.

Emulsifying Salt: In processed cheese, sodium citrate helps manage the interaction between casein, calcium and the fat-water system during heating.

Sequestration: Citrate ions bind certain metal ions, making sodium citrate suitable for formulations where control of mineral ions is required.

Water Solubility: The product is soluble in water, supporting its use in liquid foods, beverages and aqueous processing systems.

Citrate Buffer System: Sodium citrate can be combined with citric acid to establish a citrate buffer system. The ratio of the two components can be adjusted according to the required formulation pH.
Slightly Alkaline Solution: A 5% aqueous solution has a pH of 7.5–9.0, providing a measurable basis for formulation and incoming-material checks.
PH Verification: For bulk purchasing, buyers can specify the required pH test concentration and test method to keep supplier and internal QC results comparable. 

Cheese Processing: Operates as an emulsifying salt in processed cheese manufacturing, preventing fat separation and allowing uniform melting without greasiness.

Beverage Manufacturing: Serves as a flavor enhancer and stabilizer in soft drinks, juices, and liquid nutritional formulations.

Sauces & Dressings: Used in sauces, dressings and similar formulated foods where acidity needs to be controlled.

Industrial Fermentation: Utilized within bacterial growth media to support controlled microbial environments during fermentation processes.

Hydrate Form: This product is trisodium citrate dihydrate. Its molecular weight is 294.10, so dosage calculations should use the correct hydrate form.

Moisture Content: The specified moisture is 10.0–13.0%. Buyers comparing products from different suppliers should confirm whether the quoted specification refers to dihydrate or anhydrous material.

Physical Form: The product is supplied as crystalline granules or powder. Particle-size requirements should be confirmed when the production process involves dry blending, automatic feeding or controlled dissolution.

Sodium Intake: Sodium citrate contributes sodium to the finished food, so its use level should be included when calculating total sodium content and nutrition information.

Heavy Metal Limits: Conforms to strict purity thresholds, capping arsenic at 1 mg/kg, lead at 2 mg/kg, and iron salts at 5 mg/kg to satisfy food safety laws.

Statutory Export Inspection: Subject to official CIQ statutory inspection and testing prior to release, verifying compliance with national export standards.

Organic Purity Standards: Limits readily carbonisable substances to 1.0% maximum, ensuring the absence of unreacted residues for safe ingestion in commercial food applications.