The requirement of citric acid is increasing every year. Therefore, it is i
mportant to have an efficient recovery method following the production of c
itric acid. At present, most of the manufacturers use the classical method
of citric acid recovery which is a precipitation technique using calcium sa
lt followed by filtration and subsequently treated with sulphuric acid. Thi
s review focuses on the new developments of recovery of citric acid from th
e fermentation broth.