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Home/Compounds/Food Additive/Ammonium citrate
C6H11NO7
209.15 g/mol
Food Additive

Ammonium citrate

CAS7632-50-0EC231-560-6
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Organic Acid
Primary Use
food acidity regulator

Ammonium citrate is a salt formed from citric acid and ammonia, commonly used as a food acidity regulator to control pH in processed foods.

food acidity regulator

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StrongForm Family

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StrongSame Parent

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SimilarStructure SimilarSimilarity 0.75

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food acidity regulator

Identifiers
IUPAC Name

azane;2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid

InChIKey

BWKOZPVPARTQIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(=O)O)C(CC(=O)O)(C(=O)O)O.N

Synonyms (10)
  • AMMONIUM CITRATE, UNSPECIFIED
  • Ammonium citrate
  • Ammonium hydrogencitrate
  • Citric acid, ammonium salt
  • amine-citrate
  • monobasicammonium citrate