Fumaric Acid
Pickle Additive
Fumaric Acid comes in a white, odorless crystal form and has a fruit acid taste. It is the trans isomer of maleic acid. It’s soluble in water and alcohol and insoluble in chloroform and benzene.
- Usage unit
- Kg.PWD
- Quantity per unit
- 25
Description
Fumaric Acid comes in a white, odorless crystal form and has a fruit acid taste. It is the trans isomer of maleic acid. It’s soluble in water and alcohol and insoluble in chloroform and benzene.
Application
Fumaric acid is mainly used as food/feed additives. Due to its reactivity FA is a useful material for a variety of industrial applications such as paper sizing, unsaturated polyester resins (U.P.R.), alkyd and allyl resins, adhesives, lubricants.
Technical specification
Physical and Chemical Properties
| Form | : Powder |
| Odour | : Odorless |
| Colour | : White |
| Melting Point | : 287°C |
| Boiling point | : 290°C |
| Vapor Pressure mm Hg at 25°C | : 1.54 X 10-4 |
| Water Solubility g/l at 25°C | : 7 |
| Density g/cm³ at 25°C C : 1.635 | : 1.635 |
Handling & precautions
Fumric Acid being widely used in food, coatings, resins and plasticizers. In the food industry, fumaric acid, used as souring agent, can be applied to soft drinks, western-style wine, cold drinks, fruit juice concentrate, canned fruit, Pickles and ice cream. As an acidic substance used as solid beverage gas production agent, it has excellent bubble durability with delicate product organization.Fumaric acid has been used as a food acidulant since 1946. As a food additive, it is used as an acidity regulator and can be denoted by the E number E297.
Notes
Packaging: 25 kg and 50 Kg multi-wall paper bags with polyethylene liners; 500/1000 kg big bags; bulk in autosilos.
Storage: it must be stored at room temperature, away from open flames or other potential ignition sources, in a dry and well-ventilated place.
Shelf life: 24 months from production date.
Procedure
Fumaric acid is an important kind of organic chemical raw materials as well as the intermediate of fine chemical products. Meanwhile, it is also an important kind of derivatives of maleic anhydride, Chemically it is an unsaturated dicarbonic acid and is part of the citric acid cycle.Fumaric acid is a common food additive included in many processed foods to keep them stable and to add tartness.
Other names
Trans-2-Butenedioic Acid, Trans-1,2-Ethylenedicarboxylic Acid, Allomaleic acid, (E)-2-Butenedioic Acid
Keywords
Fumaric Acid substance has a more sour flavor than citric acid, another common food additive. Fumaric acid occurs naturally in fumitory, bolete mushrooms, lichen and Iceland moss. As an additive, fumaric acid is produced synthetically, mainly from malic acid from apples. Fumaric acid as an additive is regulated under the Codex Alimentarius General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA), a collection of internationally recognized standards.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers it safe.
Packing & supply
Supply locations
Fumaric Acid supplier in Mumbai, Kandla Gandhidham, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Fujairah, Dubai, Ajman, Abudhabi, Sharjah, Muscat Oman, Canada BC
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