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Citric Acid (Sour Salt)

Citric Acid (Sour Salt)
  • Citric Acid (Sour Salt)
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$4.99
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P_20549
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Great American Spice Co.
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Citric Acid, also known as Sour Salt, is a natural acidic ingredient found in all citrus fruits. Next time you are canning or making homemade pickles, The Great American Spice Company has you covered. We offer powdered Citric Acid in various sizes, so no matter how big or small your canning project is, we can help!

Uses for Citric Acid (Sour Salt)

Citric Acid is a naturally occurring weak acid that is safe for human consumption and use. Mixed with water into syrup, Sour Salt can be used during the cooking process or added directly to the can or jar; methods vary depending on what you are preserving:

  • Citric Acid is added to a variety of foods to help prevent various types of food poisoning including botulism.
  • When added to fruits or vegetables with low acidic levels, Citric Acid will also minimize discoloration in order to avoid a brownish appearance.
  • Especially useful as a food preservative.
  • Citric Acid is popular for sour flavoring or simply to balance the taste of sweet and sour.

Other uses for Sour Salt:

  • Many types of health food and health food recipes call for Citric Acid.
  • There are also many environmentally safe cleaning products and uses that Citric Acid is ideal for including carpet cleaners, glass cleaners, and soup scum remover.
  • Also used in the chemical process in development of prints.
As you can see, Citric Acid can be useful around the house for just about any project. Be sure to get your supply of Citric Acid from The Great American Spice Company today.

Usage:

Sour salt works best in recipes that also include sugar but the objective is to create a pleasant balance between the sweet and sour such as in cold beet borscht or a lemony cheese cake. Also good for canning, pickling and sausage making.

Ingredients:

Citric Acid
FDA Nutritional Information
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  1. Great for enhancing certain flavors & more

    Posted by SharpmaMa on 12th Aug 2011

    I began using sour salt for a Russian cabbage soup from a friend's grandma (a delicious recipe).

    I also use it to acidulate water to prevent oxidation & discoloration on artichokes during preparation.

    A few years later, I began using it to enhance recipes containing certain ingredients in a mixture, such as potato salad tartar sauce, sour cream based
    dips, etc.

    It adds a great deal if zing w/o the extra salt, but do add slowly so you don't overdo it!

  2. best for cleaning up hard water!

    Posted by Unknown on 12th Jul 2011

    i use it to clean the coffee maker, electric kettle, shower heads and anywhere else where hard water deposits collect. use one ounce of citric acid powder per quart of water. it is like magic.

  3. Food preserver

    Posted by Dean on 12th Jul 2011

    Works good for this purpose. I am sure there are other uses but not that I am aware of