Citric Acid 5 LB Bag | 100% Pure, Food Grade & Non-GMO | Versatile Citric Acid Powder for Cleaning, Bath Bombs, Preserving | Fine Granular | Premium Quality by Spicy World

Used 2 cups citric acid with one scoop of oxyclean in my washing machine for each of 3 washings with a 2 hour soak, and the black gunk is gone. Great product. I tried washing machine cleaning tablets, baking soda, bleach, oxyclean by itself, vinegar, lemon juice, etc. all to no avail. The citric acid really worked.

Great citric acid for my bath products. These blend to a great powder

I live in a city with very hard water. I spent almost a decade here wiping things down and fighting against mineral buildup without finding anything that easily removed the problem. Our house is built in such a way that we just can't put a water softener in because there is no place to put a drain line. Unfortunately it seems that we're just stuck fighting the buildup. Then one day I stumbled across the knowledge that citric acid loves to eat away at the mineral buildup from hard water. This stuff has been a miracle worker! I've removed so many years of mineral buildup all over our house! The faucets in the bathrooms look like new! I clean out my tea kettle every few weeks with this stuff!My favorite use for this is in the dishwasher. I add about 1 - 2 teaspoons just tossed straight in to the bottom of the dishwasher before I turn it on. The first wash after we did this the first time was so amazing! I couldn't believe how clean my dishes looked. After the first week of trying this out it was almost like we'd replaced all of our dishware. Years of buildup that had also caused other stains was gone. I drink big glasses of iced tea every day and my tumblers were starting to get a tea colored tint on the inside. Thanks to the hard water scale being removed, the stain that was attached to it disappeared too and all of my tumblers looked like I'd just bought them! My mom was so impressed by how clean our dishes looked that she bought a bag of citric acid and now tosses some in with every dishwasher load too!It is SO quick and easy to use as a cleaner. It is activated with just hot water. I put hot water in a container, pour some citric acid in and either drop things into the container to soak, or hold the container under things so that they can be submerged like the faucet head in my bathrooms. Some spots need a little more creativity. I sprinkle granules around the handles of the faucets in the bathroom where drips from wet hands like to cause buildup over time and then drizzle tiny amounts of hot water over it. It works so quickly, usually within 3 - 5 minutes, then I use a sponge to try to rub it in to tough build up a bit and then rinse it all away, that's it! I put some in my hot kettle right after I've made my morning tea with a little extra hot water in the pot. It literally takes 30 seconds to remove all the scale from the bottom of the pot, and then it's clean as new. I do this every 2 - 4 weeks and today my 2 year old kettle still looks new which is a miracle with the hard water here.I know that there are a lot of uses for citric acid, but I only use mine as a cleaner for hard water scale and i can't say enough good about it. It has been the miracle that my house needed when other options for removing scale have failed. It's cheap, easy to use, not a harsh chemical like so many other cleaning products, I so highly recommend this if you're struggling with hard water buildup!

I purchased the 5 pound bag of Citric Acid, from Spicy World in 2011, primarily for use in do-it-yourself bath bombs and other natural alternative DIY cleaning products, for use around the house. With such a large amount of product, I also found some small uses for the product in the kitchen.The product arrived in a cellophane style bag. The bag was not the type that you could re-seal and store as is, so I immediately transferred to a longer term, hard sided container. Truth be told, I would have done this even if the bag could be re-sealed. Transferring consumable goods into fixed sized containers made my cupboard easier to organize and allowed me to tag goods with item name, purchase date and expiration date.The citric acid I received looked just like the photos and matched the description provided. The weight delivered as also as advertised. The bag arrived in tact, with no tears or punctures. The product received was completely granular in make-up, with NO clumps or signs of humidity or water contamination. The product remained, throughout the self-life, granular and without signs of water contamination. I only poured or used dry scoops to remove product from the container, as to reduce introducing water or other dry materials into the citric acid. This seemed to work out as planned. When the citric acid was placed into a working area, and liquids were introduced, clumping would occur, but this was generally the plan in place (see my reference above to bath bombs). I wonder if those that experienced clumping had to do with the region the bags were shipped to/from or where the store house was located. I am in California, where weather and humidity are rather moderate year round. High temps and exposure to moisture apparently both lead to clumping.The product received was not contaminated with any bugs or pests, and remained bug free throughout the self-life in my home. The hard sided container, that it was stored in, sealed completely, which I am sure helped keep the citric acid and our cupboards pest free.This citric acid proved to be highly soluble in water, which made making my DIY products pretty easy going. The citric acid also dissolved quickly when introduced to foods (I used this to help keep fruit from browning when I had some parties to attend) and did not seem to alter the flavor or negatively impact the appearance of the food.I've seen various listings for the shelf-life of citric acid. I still have some of this product remaining, and while I have not used it for food purposes for quite some time, it does still seem to have retained the integrity from when I first received it. I am only using it up in my DIY products for the home, and it is still working well. I would recommend this citric acid product.

Good value for the amount received; works fine for rust removal.