Acidity Regulators in Food
Acidity regulators adjust or stabilise the acidity (pH) of foods, which affects flavour, colour and shelf stability. Citric acid and sodium citrate are common examples.
Citric acid
Citric acid is a weak organic acid found naturally in citrus fruits like lemons and limes. Industrially, it is typically …
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Acidity regulator
Acidity regulators are substances used to alter or control the acidity or alkalinity of foods. They can be naturally occurring …
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Acid
Acids are compounds that typically taste sour. They can be naturally present in foods like lemons (citric acid) and vinegar …
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Sodium carbonates
Sodium carbonates are salts of carbonic acid, commonly found in mineral springs. They are manufactured industrially from sodium chloride or …
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Diphosphates
Diphosphates are salts of pyrophosphoric acid, a compound that occurs naturally in living organisms. In food production, they are typically …
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Sodium citrates
Sodium citrates are the sodium salts of citric acid. They are produced by the neutralisation of citric acid, which can …
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Lactic acid
Lactic acid is an organic acid naturally found in the body and in certain foods. It is produced commercially through …
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Malic acid
Malic acid is a naturally occurring organic acid found in many fruits, notably apples. It can be produced industrially through …
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White wine vinegar
White wine vinegar is a type of vinegar made from white wine. It is produced through a process of fermentation …
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Acetic acid
Acetic acid is a weak organic acid, the main component of vinegar apart from water. It is produced industrially by …
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Disodium diphosphate
Disodium diphosphate is a food additive that is a salt of pyrophosphoric acid. It is typically produced industrially by heating …
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Sodium citrate
Sodium citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid. It is produced by neutralising citric acid with a sodium source, …
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Calcium chloride
Calcium chloride is an inorganic salt, a type of mineral compound. It is commonly produced industrially from brine or as …
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Potassium carbonates
Potassium carbonates are a group of inorganic salts. They occur naturally in mineral deposits and are also produced industrially. They …
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Sodium phosphates
Sodium phosphates are a group of salts formed from sodium and phosphoric acid. They occur naturally in the body and …
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Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate is an inorganic salt, commonly known as washing soda or soda ash. It occurs naturally in mineral deposits …
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Trisodium citrate
Trisodium citrate is the sodium salt of citric acid. It is a white crystalline powder. It can be produced by …
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Potassium carbonate
Potassium carbonate is an inorganic salt, a white powder that is soluble in water. It is naturally found in plants, …
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Potassium phosphates
Potassium phosphates are a group of salts and esters of phosphoric acid. They occur naturally in the body and are …
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Calcium lactate
Calcium lactate is the calcium salt of lactic acid. It is produced commercially by the reaction of lactic acid with …
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Carbonates
Carbonates are salts or esters of carbonic acid. In food, they are often used in the form of sodium carbonate, …
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Phosphoric acid
Phosphoric acid (E338) is a mineral acid that occurs naturally in many foods. It is manufactured industrially from phosphate rock, …
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Sodium acetates
Sodium acetates are salts of acetic acid, commonly known as vinegar. They can be produced industrially through chemical synthesis or …
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L(+)-tartaric acid
L(+)-tartaric acid is a naturally occurring organic acid found in many fruits, most notably grapes. It is typically produced commercially …
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Tripotassium citrate
Tripotassium citrate is the potassium salt of citric acid. It is produced by neutralising citric acid with a potassium source, …
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Sodium lactate
Sodium lactate is the sodium salt of lactic acid. It is produced commercially by the fermentation of carbohydrates, such as …
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Calcium citrates
Calcium citrates are salts of citric acid, a naturally occurring weak organic acid found in citrus fruits. They are produced …
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Potassium hydrogen carbonate
Potassium hydrogen carbonate, also known as potassium bicarbonate, is an inorganic salt. It occurs naturally in small amounts in plants …
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Sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda, is a strong alkali. It is manufactured industrially through the electrolysis of sodium …
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Dipotassium phosphate
Dipotassium phosphate is a potassium salt of phosphoric acid. It is manufactured by reacting phosphoric acid with potassium carbonate or …
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Glucono-delta-lactone
Glucono-delta-lactone (GDL) is a naturally occurring cyclic ester of gluconic acid. It is produced commercially by the oxidation of glucose, …
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Tetrasodium diphosphate
Tetrasodium diphosphate is a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid. It is produced industrially by heating sodium phosphates. It is a …
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White vinegar
White vinegar is a common type of vinegar made from the distillation of ethanol, which is then further diluted with …
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Sodium acetate
Sodium acetate is the sodium salt of acetic acid, a common and weak acid. It can be produced industrially by …
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Distilled vinegar
Distilled vinegar is a clear, sharp-tasting liquid made by distilling alcohol (often from grains like corn or barley) and then …
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Potassium citrates
Potassium citrates are salts of citric acid, a weak organic acid naturally found in citrus fruits. They are typically produced …
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Tetrapotassium diphosphate
Tetrapotassium diphosphate is a potassium salt of diphosphoric acid. It is a white, crystalline powder that is soluble in water. …
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Potassium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound, a strong alkali. It is typically produced industrially through the electrolysis of potassium chloride …
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Alcohol vinegar
Alcohol vinegar, also known as distilled vinegar, is a clear, acidic liquid produced by the fermentation of ethanol. The ethanol …
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Apple vinegar
Apple vinegar, also known as apple cider vinegar, is a type of vinegar made from fermented apple juice. The process …
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Sodium gluconate
Sodium gluconate is the sodium salt of gluconic acid. It is produced by the fermentation of glucose, typically derived from …
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Monopotassium tartrate
Monopotassium tartrate is a potassium acid salt of tartaric acid. It is a white crystalline powder that occurs naturally in …
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Sugar Cane Vinegar
Sugar cane vinegar is a type of vinegar produced from the fermentation of sugar cane juice. The process typically involves …
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Disodium phosphate
Disodium phosphate is a salt of phosphoric acid, a naturally occurring mineral. It is typically manufactured by neutralising phosphoric acid …
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Tricalcium citrate
Tricalcium citrate is a calcium salt of citric acid. It is produced by the neutralisation of citric acid with a …
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Calcium hydroxide
Calcium hydroxide is an inorganic compound, a white powder that is sparingly soluble in water. It is produced by reacting …
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Fumaric acid
Fumaric acid is a naturally occurring organic compound found in some fruits, such as fumitory. Industrially, it is typically produced …
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Potassium tartrates
Potassium tartrates are salts derived from tartaric acid, a naturally occurring organic acid found in fruits like grapes. They are …
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Trisodium phosphate
Trisodium phosphate (TSP) is a sodium salt of phosphoric acid. It is typically manufactured by reacting phosphoric acid with sodium …
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Hydroxides
Hydroxides are chemical compounds containing a negatively charged hydroxyl group (OH-). In food processing, they are often used in the …
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