Molecular formula: C2H5NO2
Molecular weight: 75.07
Physical-chemistry performance:
white crystal powder, tastes sweet, easy to be dissolved in water, slightly dissolved in methanol and ethanol, but not in acetone and ether, Its melting point is between 232-236°C(decomposition).
Quality specification:
+ Extra-class industrial grade adopts Enterprise Standard of Donghua Chemical General Company Q/JDH16-2000;
+ Food grade is up to the Requirement of Japan Additive Manual 7th Edition-97,FCCIV;
+ Medical grade is up to the Standard of American Pharmacopoeia 26th Edition and the Standard of British 98th Edition.

The characteristics and usage:
1.Food grade:
(1)Used as a flavoring or sweetener, in combination with DL-Alannine or Citric, it can be used

in Alcoholic beverage, used as a acid corrector or buffer for the composition of wine and soft beverage, used as an additive for the making of sauce, vinegar, fruit juice, salted vegetables and sweet jam in order to improve the flavor and taste of food,
to retain its original color and to provide a source of sweet.
(2)Used as an antiseptic agent for fish flakes and peanut jams;
(3)Can play a buffering role in the taste of edible salt and vinegar;
(4)Used as an inductor in feed additives;
(5)Used in food processing, brewing process, meat processing and soft beverage formulas as well as in Saccharin Sodium in order to remove bitterness;
(6)Can play a certain role in metal chelation and antioxidation, used as a stabilizer for cream, cheese, margarine, fast cooked noodles or convenient noodles, wheat flour and pig lard.
2.pharma grade
(1)Used as a stabilizer for Vitamin C;
(2)Used in the research on the metabolism of amino acids by medical organisms or on a biochemical basis;
(3)Used as a buffer for aurcomycin, as a raw material for making L-dopa for treating Parkinson's disease, Vitamin B6, and other amino acids as Threonine;
(4)Mainly used in Amino Acid injection solution as nutritional infusion;
(5)Used as the raw material for cephslosporins, the intermediate for Thiamphenicol and etc.
3.Tech-grade
(1)Used as a solvent for removing CO2 in the fertilizer industry, as an additive to the galvanizing solution
(2)Used as a PH regulator
(3)Used as an intermediate of pesticides, e.g. a key raw material for Herbicide Glyphosate.
4. Fodder grade
(1)Used as inducing agent in fodder additives because of its sweet taste.
5. Glycine can be used as an additive for protein hydrolysating in order to improve protein useful.

Package:
+Tech and fodder grades are packed in knitted bags lined with plastic bags, net weight 25kg bags and 1000kg bags.
+Food and pharma grade might be packed in accordance with customer's requirement.20/25kg bag, carton, drum.