Monohydrated Citric Acid has the chemical name Citric Acid and has the appearance of an odourless, colourless, white powder. The monohydrate forms when citric acid is crystallized from cold water. Mainly used in the food, beverage trade as the sour flavour agent, flavouring agent, antiseptic as well as antistaling agent.

In medical industry, citric acid monohydrate is the raw materials of a lot of pharmaceuticals and in other respects, it is used as the auxiliary agent for making nuisance free detergent or plastic film of food packing.