Sodium citrate, the sodium salts of citric acid with the European food additive number E331. This ingredient is usually added together with citric acid to enhance flavor or reduce the PH level in food and drinks, also it can act as an emulsifier in cheese making. It commonly refers to trisodium citrate (E331iii) when we talk about sodium citrate.

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