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Food grade 100% citric acid (powder)?

hogleg

hogleg

Used for home canning, making candy, etc.
 
Anyone ever use it in a sauce, instead of vinegar to get ph down? I imagine its extremely bitter but being concentrate, it should take very little i would think.
 
I stumbled across a source and it got me wondering.
 
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I have on occasion. Here's what I use - about $10 and 100%. Lasts a long time. I'm just a hobby saucer (for now), but I don't see how this wouldn't pass for commercial uses as well.
 
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Can you see it!?  LOL. Sorry about the pic size, I hotlinked and didn't realize it was so big.
 
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dash 2 said:
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) isn't the same thing as citric acid.
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You're correct, I misread. Thanks. Interestingly, I see commercial sauces are fairly split between ascorbic and citric usage to lower Ph. They are similar but citric doesn't contain vit c. I have not used citric - apart from fresh lime juice.
 
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hogleg said:
Used for home canning, making candy, etc.
 
Anyone ever use it in a sauce, instead of vinegar to get ph down? I imagine its extremely bitter but being concentrate, it should take very little i would think.
 
I stumbled across a source and it got me wondering.
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I haven't used it personally, but I was just going through my sauce recipes folder and found a handwritten note that says:
 
"2 Tbl 5% vinegar = 1 Tbl bottled lemon juice = 1/4 tsp crystaline citric acid"
 
So, I musta read it somewhere, but I know not where.
 
FWIW
 
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