Using succinic acid

submitted over 10 years ago by Devo9090Frugivore

I've read that the food and flavor industry uses succinic acid as an additive just like citric acid. Succinic acid is supposedly used to give a salty and slightly bitter taste to food.

Has anyone used this in diy before?

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by iamgr3mover 10 years ago

Msds for those interested: http://www.sciencelab.com/msds.php?msdsId=9927284

I'm curious about the flash point. And if the dilutions we would use it at would still trigger the inhalation irritation.

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by Devo9090over 10 years agoFrugivore

At < 1% concentration, I'm certain there would be no danger of flash point.

And who knows about throat irritation. There are a lot of ingredients that bother my throat at significant concentrations.

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by iamgr3mover 10 years ago

I still want to be sure that it wont cause any lung irritation or undesired throat irritation before I try it.

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by EphramRafaelover 10 years ago

Peculiar. I was just thinking about what I could use to add salty flavor to a recipe I'm working on.

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by jeepsterjkover 10 years ago

Saline would work too...

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by EphramRafaelover 10 years ago

Does it really? Still so much to learn.

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by jeepsterjkover 10 years ago

Yup, lots of folks use saline for salty flavor. Search for it on this sub and you'll find a bunch of different threads on it.