Sour Salt Citric Acid (200g) Made From Fresh Citrus Fruit Lemons - Pure Spices for Cooking, Baking & Flavoring - Non GMO & Food Grade

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Content on this site is for reference purposes and is not intended to substitute for advice given by a physician, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. So we also add a pinch of salt or salty nuts to an apple crumple (or add salt to caramel or chocolate). When used as an ingredient to flavor foods, it provides a distinctively sour or tart taste to the food dish. The University of Wisconsin notes that cooks prefer citric acid to lemon juice because it doesn't interfere with tomato flavor to the extent that lemon juice does.

Along with lending fizz to bath "bombs," antacid tablets and soft drinks, citric acid also delivers an agreeable sour taste. Sour salt, or otherwise known as citric acid, is very strong and used to an acidic or sour taste when cooking foods.Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Both home cooks and the food industry rely on citric acid to helps fight food spoilage in home-prepared canned products. Canners may use bottled lemon juice or 5 percent acidity vinegar rather than citric acid to preserve color and prevent food spoilage. Q--I am on a low-salt diet and want to use sour salt, which I was told by a friend was an effective substitute.

Not sure how that's going to go, but for the future, I'm interested in picking up some of the real McCoy. I bought this to use in homemade sourdough bread just for a little extra tang as my sourdough starter is only about a week and a half old. But I started looking online for ways to game the system, and stumbled upon citric acid (sour salt). I was without lemon juice and was making a powder sugar glaze, so I add 1/4 teaspoon citric acid and it added just the right amount of tang! But Kime also suggests that the everyday BLT is a combination of these four essential flavours: bacon is salty; white bread is sweet; tomatoes are sour; and leaves such as rocket are hot and peppery.Sweet and sour’ come together famously in the classic Chinese sauce – but also when sweet pork is paired with sour apples. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product.