Show Citric Acid Citric acid is a solid found round dissolved in lemon juice where it is responsible for he ne he sour taste In addition to a number of lesser technical uses the acid itself is used to flavor prepared foods and beverages while its calcium salt is extensively used in the cheese I industry It has been known for fora a long time that varieties of a com com- common comI common mon mold niger pro pro- produce produce produce I duce citric acid when they act on sugar solutions and in hi recent years this process has been applied to the scale large-scale production of the acid A large part of the citric acid of commerce comes from these fungi rather than from lemons |