Citric Acid Production Cost Reports

Citric acid production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Citric acid production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Citric acid. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

Citric acid with the chemical formula C6H8O7 is a weak acid that occurs in two forms – monohydrate or water-free (anhydrous). It is commonly found in fruits such as lemons, oranges etc. It is also referred to as a tribasic acid. It's a tricarboxylic acid that is propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid bearing a hydroxy substituent at position 2. It works as a food acidity regulator, a chelator, an antimicrobial agent and a fundamental metabolite. It's a weak organic acid.

The acid with a monoclinic crystal structure appears as a white crystalline solid and has no odour. It appears to be colourless and has an acidic taste. It is denser than water. Its molecular weight is 192.124 g/mol, and its density is 1.66 g/cm³. Its boiling and melting points are 310 °C and 153 °C, respectively.

The Citric Acid industry is being driven by its wide range of applications across several industries. In pharmaceutical preparations, the acid is used as an excipient owing to its antioxidant properties. As it maintains the stability of active ingredients, it is usually employed as a natural preservative and also as a food additive that adds an acidic (sour) taste to foods and soft drinks. It is also employed to control pH as an acidulant and works like an anticoagulant by chelating calcium in the blood. Furthermore, as it is used to chelate metals, it is useful in soaps and laundry detergents.

Also, it is included in some household cleaning solutions as an active ingredient for bathrooms and kitchens, as it has the ability to remove hard water stains from the glass without scrubbing. Other uses furthering the market growth include as an antioxidant, an emulsifying agent in ice creams, in shampoo in sucrose crystallization in caramel, and in food colouring.