It serves as a food additive in beverages candies jams and jellies for acidification and flavoring and in pharmaceuticals as an excipient pH regulator preservative and chelating agent for tablets syrups and effervescent formulations.

Its main purposes include pH control buffering stabilization of active ingredients antioxidant activity and microbial inhibition in food beverages cosmetics and cleaners.

Citric acid monohydrate (CHOHO) is a white crystalline powder or colorless translucent crystals found naturally in citrus fruits. It has a strong acidic sour taste is odorless and effloresces in dry air while being highly soluble in water and ethanol.