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acidulants

acidulants is the plural of acidulant.

Meaning of acidulant

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

Questions about acidulants

What is acidulants the plural of?
Acidulants is the plural of acidulant.

Words near acidulants in the dictionary

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

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