Meanings
nounacidulant (plural acidulants)
plural acidulants
- A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste.
Malic acid finds use in a variety of products, mostly in fruit-flavoured carbonates. It is the preferred acidulant in low-calorie drinks and in cider and apple drinks, enhancing flavour and stabilising colour in carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured drinks.
2008, Dr. David Steen, Philip R. Ashurst, editors, Carbonated Soft Drinks: Formulation and Manufacture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62
Translations
Indonesian asidulan
- asidulanfood additive used to increase acidity
Malay pengasid
- pengasidfood additive used to increase acidity
Portuguese acidulante
- acidulantefood additive used to increase acidity
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