acidulent
Speech parts
1. acidulent - Adjective
2. acidulent - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
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Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, Dietary Supplements, and Foods Citric acid is widely used as an acidulent in creams, gels, and liquids of all kinds.
Soda alum is used in the acidulent of food as well as in the manufacture of baking powder.
In its use in foods and dietary supplements, it may be classified as a processing aid if the purpose it was added was for a technical or functional effect (e.g. acidulent, chelator, viscosifier, etc..