Food additive · Acidity regulator / processing aid

Sodium citrate

E-number
E331

A salt of citric acid used to control acidity and as an emulsifying salt in processed cheese.

  • Food additive
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

No concern Level 0 of 4 How concern levels work

A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points sodium citrate costs on a product’s receipt.

Popular products that list sodium citrate

589 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list sodium citrate. The 12 most scanned:

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (22)
  • e331
  • sodium citrate
  • sodium citrates
  • citrate de sodium
  • trisodium citrate
  • monosodium citrate
  • acidity regulator e331
  • acidity regulators e331
  • sodium citrate emulsifier
  • emulsifier sodium citrates
  • stabiliser sodium citrates
  • antioxidant sodium citrates
  • sodium citrate for tartness
  • stabilisers sodium citrates
  • antioxidants sodium citrates
  • acidity regulator sodium citrate
  • emulsifying salts sodium citrate
  • sodium citrate acidity regulator
  • acidity regulator sodium citrates
  • acidity regulators sodium citrate
  • acidity regulators sodium citrates
  • acidity regulator trisodium citrate

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