Potassium Citrate
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.
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 and Transport: It should be stored in a dry and ventilated warehouse, kept away from heat and moisture during transportation, unloaded with care so as to avoid damage.
Quality Standard:(GB1886.74-2015, FCC-VII)
Specification | GB1886.74--2015 | FCC VII |
Content(On Dry Basis),w/% | 99.0-100.5 | 99.0-100.5 |
Light Transmittance,w/% ≥ | 95.0 | ———— |
Chlorides(Cl),w/% ≤ | 0.005 | ———— |
Sulfates,w/% ≤ | 0.015 | ———— |
Oxalates,w/% ≤ | 0.03 | ———— |
Total Arsenic(As),mg/kg ≤ | 1.0 | ———— |
Lead(Pb),mg/kg ≤ | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Alkalinity | Pass Test | Pass Test |
Loss on Drying,w/% | 3.0-6.0 | 3.0-6.0 |
Easily Carbonize Substances ≤ | 1.0 | ———— |
Insoluble Substances | Pass Test | ———— |
Calcium Salt,w/% ≤ | 0.02 | ———— |
Ferric Salt,mg/kg ≤ | 5.0 | ———— |
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