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Food Acids

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Vegetarian

Usage Tips

  1. Food Acids can be added to food and beverages as preservatives and flavour enhancers.
  2. Citric acid can be added to desserts, soft drinks, jellies, and jams.
  3. Acetic acid can be used for pickling and also in confectionery items.
  4. Lactic acid can be used in pickled foods and for producing boiled sweets.
  5. Tartaric acid can be used as an ingredient to manufacture bread improver emulsifiers.
  6. Phosphoric acid can be used in producing cola drinks.
  7. Fumaric acid can be added to dessert powders and cheesecake mixes.

Common names and forms

  1. Permitted Acids

Description

Food acids are the edible acids added to foods to act as preservatives and antioxidants. They are in the powder form and make the food flavour sharper. The most common food acids include citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, folic acid, vinegar, fumaric acid, and lactic acid. They are available from natural resources except phosphoric acid. Most of the are naturally occurring acids are sourced from fruits like pineapples, oranges, apples, grapefruit, peaches, and other seeded fruits. Tartaric acid is sourced from potatoes, grapes, and pineapples. Food acids are added to processed food items as flavour enhancers and preservatives.

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