Natura Citric acid for food proven household product 40 g

1. When preserving fruit and vegetables.
2. For flavouring fruit salads, compotes and salad dressings.
3. To support the gelling process in the production of jams, marmalades and jellies.
4. For flavouring drinks.
5. For descaling, e.g. in coffee machines, etc.
6. Prevents the growth of bacteria and mould
7. Antioxidant

It is mainly found in soft drinks, juices, wine, fats, instant drinks, marmalade, candied and frozen fruit, frozen dairy products, cheese spreads, mayonnaise, salad dressing and many other foods. Citric acid is also found in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemical production.

Dissolve one teaspoon of citric acid in 1 litre of water and immerse the peeled fruit to be preserved in this solution. In this way we can conveniently treat the fruit before subsequent preservation, e.g. by drying or heating.

Citric acid can also be used for descaling, e.g. in kettles, coffee makers. 

it is a weak acid from the carboxylic group. It occurs naturally in citrus fruits, especially lemons, limes, grapefruit, oranges and, to a lesser extent, other fruits and vegetables.

Citric acid monohydrate - food grade, E330
C3H4(OH).(COOH)3.H2O, CAS: 5949-29-1, EC: 201-069-1
Packed in PE bag.

Production
There are several methods of production. Citric acid can be obtained naturally from citrus juice by fermenting raw sugar.However, common industrial production uses the fungal culture Aspergillus niger and sucrose (mainly molasses, hydrolysed corn starch or other cheaply obtained sugars). The addition of calcium hydroxide (known as slaked lime) produces a salt from which sulphuric acid yields the final citric acid.Annual global production is estimated at 1.7 million tonnes, more than half of which is produced in China.