Skip to main content

Citric Acid Manufacturing Companies in India

 Citric acid is the most widely used organic acid and pH control agent for food and beverage industry, cosmetic, pharm and tech applications.

Manufacturers produce a high amount of citric acid owing to its numerous uses; as an acidifier, as a flavouring and chelating agent.

Citric Acid is used in Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health & Personal Care products, even agriculture and animal feed. Mainly used as an acid condiment, flavouring agent and preservative in food and beverage and as pharmaceutical excipients in pharmaceutical industry. It is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent builder in chemical, cosmetics and detergent industries.

The citric acid market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6% over the next five years.



According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global citric acid market was valued at 5.2 billion dollars USD in 2016 and is projected to reach 7.3 billion dollars USD by 2022, growing at a CAGR between 5.6% and 7.1% during the forecast period.

What Is Citric Acid?

Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H8O7. It is a colorless crystalline solid that has a sour taste. Citric acid is the most widely used weak organic acid and pH-control agent for F&B, cosmetic, pharmaceuticals and technical applications.

How Does Citric Acid Work?

Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H8O7. It is a weak acid with a pKa value of 3.2. Its molecular weight is 176.16 g/mol. It has a melting point of 110°C (230°F) and a boiling point of 180°C (356°F).

Citric Acid monohydrous vs anhydrous

Citric acid can exist as either the anhydrous form (free of water) or as the monohydrate form. The anhydrous citric acid has no water of crystallization whereas citric acid monohydrate has a water molecule associated with one citric acid molecule.

Where to buy Citric Acid?

Chemtex Speciality Limited Manufactures Citric Acid Monohydrate and in Anhydrous form. Citric acid monohydrate is available in various granulations.

Main functions of Citric Acid Monohydrate

·         pH adjuster

·         Acidifier

·         Chelating agent

·         Buffering agent

·         Retarder

·         Antioxidant

What Are Some Applications of Citric Acid?

F&B Industry: Widely used organic acid for pH-control, flavouring agent, antioxidant, preservative.

Health and Personal care: As a preservative and pH control agent in baby products, make-up, lipstick, bath products, soaps and detergents, hair dyes and colors, and hair and skin care products.

Agriculture/ Poultry: Citric Acid Monohydrate can be used as antioxidant and pH regulator in Agriculture/ broiler feed.

Cleaning agent in plumbing to remove scale.

As anti-crease agent in textiles to prevent formaldehyde contamination.

As an additive in plastic manufacturing to improve mechanical properties.

As concrete retardant to improve concrete quality.

 

Get quote for citric acid at https://www.chemtexltd.com/products-and-solutions/performance-chemicals/general-chemicals/citric-acid/

Popular posts from this blog

The Role and Importance of Demulsifiers in Oil and Gas Industry

  Demulsifier helps to extract oil and purify water, which is especially important in crude oil production and wastewater treatment.   It is a substance that separates an emulsion into components and destabilizes water-in-oil emulsions. In Crude production, Water-in-oil emulsions are typically produced, owing to the presence of emulsifying agents such as surfactants, slits, fine solids, drilling mud, clay, water, and other impurities. These impurities are undesirable need to be removed which would otherwise shackle the quality of the crude.   How does It work? Demulsifier consists of two liquids that are not mixed with each other and tiny droplets of one liquid are evenly distributed throughout the volume of the other. This kind of liquid is called dispersion medium, and the droplets are called dispersed phase. During the demulsification process, a demulsifier accumulates on the surface of the droplets and groups them together.   The process of separating a...
Read more

What is EDTA? What are the applications of EDTA?

  E DTA or Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid is a weak acid used as a chelating agent. Ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid contains an amino carboxylic group with the formula C10H16N2O8. It is a versatile chemical compound with a wide range of applications across various industries. EDTA is considered an anthropogenic compound with the ability to sequester various polyvalent cations, use to minimize metal contaminants, and facilitate enzymatic reactions that could be inhibited by heavy metal traces.   How Does EDTA Work? EDTA is a versatile compound with strong chelating properties that grabs metallic cations such as lead or calcium from the process. Its chemical structure contains four carboxylic acid groups and two amine groups, which allow it to form strong bonds with metal ions, preventing them from reacting with other substances, If the bond is weak, other chemicals can break this bond to form their own compounds. EDTA is the most widely used chelating agent for the re...
Read more

Replacing Sodium Hypochlorite with Double Chain QAC based Disinfectant

Replacing Sodium Hypochlorite with Double Chain QAC based Disinfectant Remember that pungent smell when mass disinfection of public places occurs. That same irritating smell you can relate to in swimming pools, and your eyes itch and redden, and your skin itches, and there is a big board saying “Chlorine in pool”, that’s hypochlorous acid, viz., when sodium hypochlorite breaks down. Sodium hypochlorite/ Hypo (NaOCl) is inorganic chlorine based liquid disinfectant, available as aqueous solutions of 5.25% - 6.15% (household bleach) or concentrated 12% NaOCl solutions. Large quantities are also used as a disinfectant in water and wastewater treatment and sanitary equipment. In food processing, sodium hypochlorite is used to sanitize food preparation equipment, in fruit and vegetable processing, mushroom production, hog, beef and poultry production, and fish processing. Typical Uses of Hypo: ·       2%: Shock Chlorination of Wells · ...
Read more