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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sequestrants 822<br />

NAME: Calcium citrate<br />

CATEGORY: Sequestrant<br />

FOOD USE: Confections/ Flour/ Milk powders/ Jams and jellies/ Canned vegetables/ Processed cheese/ Saccharin/<br />

Evaporated milk/ Cream/ Condensed milk/ Edible ices/ Frozen apples<br />

SYNONYMS: Tricalcium citrate/ Tricalcium salt of 2-hydroxy-1,2,3 propanetricarboxylic acid/ INS 333/ E333<br />

FORMULA: Ca3(C6 H5 O7)2 · 4H2O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 498.44–570.5<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Fine white powder; odourless<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 120<br />

PURITY %: 97.5<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 10–14<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 20<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C 85 g/100 ml<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 5% Insoluble in ethanol<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Used in the production of citric acid and other citrates. Used to improve baking properties of flours.<br />

Soluble in fats – good stabiliser<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Store in well-closed containers. When heated to decomposition, emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes

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