where do i buy citric acid?

Question

i just bought a lindam steriliser for baby bottles, my options for cleaning it are to use vinegar or citric acid, i would rather use citric acid but i dont know where to find it, my chemist doesnt have it. Where can i get it? (south coast nsw, Australia. We have bad water more often than not so i really need it)

or you call them pharmacy's..
anyway i tried the supermarket and didnt find any their either. The chick in the chemist was really not sure what i was talking about.. but neither am i.
All i know is its meant to be in an individual sachet?
Vinegar STINKS.
Are there any other cleaning solutions i could use?
I already have markings from the water

Answer 1

citric acid is also used as preseravative you should find it in a bakery shop (or the store which supplies rawmaterials to bakeries)or normal grocessory store.I'm sure you'll find it.Its not difficult

Answer 2

Where To Buy Citric Acid

Answer 3

Citric acid used to be available at the chemists... but if you've had no luck there then try a home-brew store (maybe mail order). I used to use it when I made my own wine.

Answer 4

When working in the lab, we buy most of these chemicals from Sigma Aldrich (www.sigmaaldich.com). I never tried to buy anything as a private (always through University), but it is worth trying. If you go to the web page and type citric acid, you will see quite a few options coming up.

Few examples of citric acid forms available from Sigma The first number is the catalog number:

Citric acid

Linear Formula: HOC(COOH)(CH2COOH)2, Weight: 192.12,

C1857 anhydrous, meets USP testing specifications (Sigma)
C2404 cell culture tested, anhydrous (Sigma)
C4540 plant cell culture tested (Sigma)
251275 ACS reagent, ≥99.5% (Sigma-Aldrich)
27488 puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, anhydrous, ≥99.5% (T) (Fluka)
240621 ≥99% (Aldrich)
C83155 99% (Sigma-Aldrich)
C0759 reagent grade (Sigma-Aldrich)
27485 BioChemika Ultra, for luminescence, anhydrous, ≥99.5% (T) (Fluka)
46933 ampule of 500 mg (Supelco)
27487 BioChemika Ultra, anhydrous, ≥99.5% (T) (Fluka)
27109 puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, USP, E330, anhydrous, 99.5-100.5% (based on anhydrous substance), grit (Riedel-de Haën)
03878 Ph Eur, anhydrous, grit (Fluka)
W230618 ≥99.5%, FCC, Kosher (Aldrich)
05-4960 SAJ first grade, ≥99.5% (SAJ)

I would go for any anhydrous compound (it means powder, for non-lab people!), which you will be able to dissolve in water. Let me know if they let you buy it (I could always send it to you, we have loads in the lab!)

Answer 5

http://www.swiftco.com.au/swift/food-ingredients-australia.htm

Email them.

Answer 6

buy and orange and squeeze it

Answer 7

lol, you have a chemist?? you are so weird.