Citric Acid is mainly used as acidulant, flavoring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry, it is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent in chemical, cosmetics and cleaning industries. Product Introduction   Item Unit BP USP FCC E330 GB1866.235-2016 ENSIGN characters / White Crystalline Powders,Colorless Crystals or Granules.Odorless, has a strongly acid taste. Identification / Pass Test Color & Clarity of Solution / Pass Test Pass Test / / / Pass Test Assay % 99.5-100.5 99.5-100.5 99.5-100.5 ≤99.5% 99.5-100.5 99.5-100.5 Water % ≤1 ≤1 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 Readily Carbonisable Substances / Not Darker than Standard Not Darker than Standard A≤0.52，T≥30% Not Darker than Standard ≤1.0 Not Darker than Standard or A≤0.52，T≥30% Sulphated Ash % ≤0.1 ≤0.1 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Sulphate ppm ≤150 ≤150 / / ≤100 ≤50 Chloride ppm / / / / ≤50 ≤5 Oxalate ppm ≤360 ≤360 ≤100 ≤100 ≤100 ≤50 Calcium ppm / / / / ≤200 / Aluminum ppm ≤0.2 ≤0.2 / / / ≤0.2 Arsenic ppm / / / ≤1 ≤1 ≤0.1 Lead ppm / / ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.1 Mercury ppm / / / ≤1 / ≤0.1 Heavy Metals ppm / / / / / ≤5 Bacterial Endotoxins IU/mg ≤0.5 Pass Test / / / ＜0.5 Laurylamine Mg/kg / / ≤0.1 / / /