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Identification & Functionality
- Flavor Ingredient Class
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- CAS No.
- 866-84-2
- Ingredients
- Potassium Citrate
- Food Additive Number
- E 332, INS 332
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Character
It is transparent crystal or white coarse powder, odorless and tastes salty and cool. Relative density is 1.98. It’s easily deliquescent in air, soluble in water and glycerin, almost insoluble in ethanol.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Usage
In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelate agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsifier and flavoring. It can be used in dairy product,jelly, jam, meat and tinned pastry. It also can be used as emulsifier in cheese and antistaling agent in oranges, and so on. In pharmaceutical, it is used for hypokalemia, potassium depletion and alkalization of urine.
Properties
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Packing
It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner layer, and a compound plastic woven bag as outer layer.
The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
Storage & Handling
- Storage and Transport
It should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse, kept away from heat and moisture during transportation,unloaded with care so as to avoid damage.Furthermore, it must be stored separately from poisonous substances.