Tri Sodium Citrate

Description

Tri Sodium Citrate

1kg Trisodium citrate Dihydrate- Sodium citrate- food grade BP/USP/FCC

Part of KNutrition’s Food Ingredients range

Tri Sodium Citrate, also referred to as Sodium Citrate, Trisodium Salt or food additive E331, is the tribasic salt of citric acid. It appears as a white crystalline powder or granular crystals and, given it is a salt, possesses a salty / saline taste with no real detectable odour.  It has the CAS number 6132-04-3 and formula Na3C6H5O7. Trisodium citrate is water-soluble, non-toxic and fully biodegradable.

Trisodium citrate  is used in similar applications to citric acid . These uses include as an acidity regulator in food and drink, as a sequestering agent to prevent limescale inference with soaps and detergents and as an emulsifying agent to aid chemical mixing processes where two separate elements are incapable of mixing (for example oil and water) and helps to keep these mixtures stable once formulated.

Trisodium Citrate is a food additive with the E number E331. It is used in a variety of processed food and drink primarily as a flavour enhancer and a preservative. As an emulsifying agent it is also used in cheesemaking to allow cheese to melt without the separation of oils and fats.

Trisodium citrate in food buffers pH levels to help regulate acidity in a variety of foods to balance taste and is also able to impart a tart / sour flavour in a wide variety of drink products.

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