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How to dilute citric acid – to the state of vinegar and as a substitute for lemon juice
Citric acid is an essential substance that can help in any situation. It is used in cosmetology, food preparation and even hair coloring. It is healthy and tastes sour. But in order to use it correctly, you need to know how to dilute citric acid. The proportions must be strictly observed. Because it’s still acid.
How to dilute citric acid?
How to dilute citric acid to vinegar?
It would seem that these two substances have in common? It turns out there is something. It is quite possible to make a substitute for vinegar of any concentration from citric acid. You just need to know in what proportions to dilute correctly. For this, exclusively dry concentrate is used, which must be diluted with water of a certain temperature. It is important to know exactly in what proportions citric acid is diluted.
· In order to replace the vinegar essence (70%), you will need to mix dry acid with water in a 1/2 ratio.
· To replace 9% vinegar, you need to take 1 teaspoon of powder in 14 tablespoons of water.
· To achieve a vinegar concentration of 6%, you need to pour 1 teaspoon of acid with 22 tablespoons of water.
As a rule, solutions of lower concentration are almost never used. But if necessary, you can get this: 5, 4 and 3%. To do this, add 26, 34 and 36 tablespoons of water to one teaspoon of acid powder, respectively. This will be enough.
How to dilute citric acid to lemon juice?
Of course, you can’t completely replace lemon with citric acid. They only have a similar name, and the rest does not. If you want to dilute the powder for drinking, then it’s better not. You just end up with overly acidic water. But for food or other needs, it will do just fine.
- To obtain the necessary concentration for adding to sugar during shugaring, you just need to make a solution of powder and water, which will correspond to the sour taste of ordinary lemon juice.
- But it is recommended to start small: at the very tip of the knife, put the acid in a glass and add half of it with water.
- If not enough, just add more powder.
Specifically, for shugaring, it is not even necessary to dilute the acid in a certain proportion. Because it’s not about how concentrated it is in a certain amount of water. And in how much of it, in principle, there is in the solution. It is enough just to add the powder at the rate of: an incomplete teaspoon for one kilogram of sugar. You can have a little more or less, because in this matter, accuracy is not so important – if only the sugar does not freeze.