The role of citric acid in beverages

As a food additive, citric acid is mainly used in carbonated drinks, juice drinks, lactic acid drinks and other cool drinks and pickled products. Citric acid also exists in the popular bottled beverage products in the modern food industry. What role does citric acid play here?

Adding citric acid to bottled beverages can maintain or improve the flavor of beverages, improve the acidity of some bottled beverages with low acidity (lower pH value), weaken the heat resistance of microorganisms and inhibit their growth, and prevent bacterial expansion and destruction of bottled beverages with low acidity.

Citric acid is widely used in beverage and fermentation industries. It can not only enhance the flavor of beverage, but also play a role in antisepsis. It is a very important raw material in beverage production.