Acidulants
ADM`s acidulants leverage expertise in sourcing plant-based ingredients, market risk management and an unparalleled global supply chain. Citric acid and citrates provide important functional benefits across a range of applications—flavor, tartness, high solubility, buffering capacity, chelation of metals and antioxidant (preservative) properties.
Acidulants bring a range of functionality to applications, from providing tartness and enhancing flavor to extending shelf life by controlling pH which is an important contribution to managing growth of microorganisms.
ADM`s portfolio offers acidulant solutions for any application:
- Food and beverage
- Carbonated soft drinks, confections, flavor systems and more
- Health and wellness
- Pharma supplements, excipients and more
- Biosolutions
- Personal care, descaling and more
- Used for pH adjustment, antioxidant preservative, chelating agent, flavor adjustment, flavor enhancement and mineral absorption
- Best for alcoholic beverages, carbonated soft drinks, bakery, dairy, culinary sauces, dressings and flavor applications
- Dihydrate and anhydrous available
- Used as an "emulsifying salt" for process cheese products, as a buffering agent with citric acid for precise pH control and as a curing accelerator in meat products
- Odorless and soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol
- Used for acidity regulation, food preservation, emulsification, as an alkalizing agent and as a substitute for sodium citrate in low-sodium applications
- Used to impart a clean, refreshing tartness
- May also be used as a sequestrant of metal ions to contribute protection from off-flavors and off-odors
- 50% citric acid solution produced by re-dissolving citric acid anhydrous crystals
Versions available that meet specifications established in monographs by United States Pharmacopeia and Food Chemicals Codex.