What is SODIUM CITRATE? | What Is That Ingredient

What is SODIUM CITRATE?

Most likely Trisodium Citrate, which is made from fermenting molasis infused with citric acid.

Where does SODIUM CITRATE come from?

Sodium citrate can be; Monosodium citrate, Disodium citrate, or Trisodium citrate

sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate + citric acid = Monosodium citrate. sodium acid salt + citric acid = Disodium citrate.

Trisodium citrate is made from a high salt content product of the fermantation of molasses. It is then mixed with citric acid. the citric acid bonds with the salt to make a sodium citrate resin.

How is SODIUM CITRATE made?

Trisodium citrate is made by a water-immiscible organic extractant system is used to recover citric acid from molasses fermenter beer containing a high salt content by using a process combination of passing the aqueous raffinate from the citric acid extraction step through a basic anion-exchange resin to adsorb residual citric acid and release citrate anions from previously formed salt cation-citrate compounds. Trisodium citrate is then eluted from the resin by passing aqueous sodium hydroxide therethrough.