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acidulant

acidulant noun: a food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste.

Noun

acidulant (plural acidulants)

  1. 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

acidulant meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

acidulant in Tamil

அமிலமாக்கி, அமிலத் தன்மை ஊட்டுவான்

acidulant in Malay

food additive used to increase acidity
pengasid

acidulant in Indonesian

food additive used to increase acidity
asidulan

Forms of acidulant

pluralacidulants

Questions about acidulant

What does acidulant mean?
Acidulant means a food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste.
What is acidulant in Tamil?
Acidulant in Tamil is அமிலமாக்கி, அமிலத் தன்மை ஊட்டுவான். See Acidulant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acidulant?
Acidulant is a noun.
What is the plural of acidulant?
The plural of acidulant is acidulants.

Words near acidulant in the dictionary

  1. acidotrophic
  2. acidotropic
  3. acidproof
  4. acids
  5. acidstable
  6. acidulant
  7. acidulants
  8. acidulate
  9. acidulated
  10. acidulated drop
  11. acidulated drops

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