It is an important organic acid, colorless crystal, odorless, has a strong sour taste, easily soluble in water, mainly used in food and beverage industry, can be used as sour agent, seasoning agent and preservative, preservative, can also be used in antioksidant sifatida kimyo, kosmetika sanoati, plastifikator, detarjan, suvsiz limon kislotasi oziq-ovqat va ichimliklar sanoatida ham qo'llanilishi mumkin.