This document discusses food grade acetic acid and its uses in the food industry. It provides information on the role of acetic acid in food processing and preservation, including adjusting pH, enhancing flavor, and preventing spoilage. It also lists common substitutes for acetic acid and their taste characteristics. The document outlines the views of dealers who supply acetic acid and consumers who use it, including their current sources and openness to considering alternative products depending on specifications and price.

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Usage sectors
 Food beverage
 Food flavor
 Sauce
 Confectioneries
Role of acetic acid in food sector
 Adjusting the pH of foods
 Enhancing or modifying flavor
 Serving as preservatives i.e. reducing the growth of microorganisms that might spoil
food
 Adding sour taste and a desired tartness to many food preparations
 Preventing rancidity and discoloration of foods by functioning as synergistic compounds
with antioxidants
 Acting as buffers during various stages of food processing and in finished products.
Substituentproducts
Acid Physical form Taste Characteristics
Lactic Acid Colourless or yellowish viscous
liquid
Mildly acid taste
Acetic acid Clear Colourless Liquid Tart and Sour
Adipic acid Crystalline Powder Smooth lingering tartness
Citric acid Crystalline Powder Delivers a burst of tartness
Fumaric acid White Granules crystalline powder Tart
Malic acid Crystalline powder Smooth Tartness
Phosphoric acid Liquid Acidic
Tartaric acid Crystalline powder Extremely Tart
Dealer’s view
A. B. Enterprises,
No.202, ShradanandBuilding - 272/ 274,
Samuel Street,Mumbai - 400 003, Maharashtra
Phone:+(91)-22-23435097
Dealerforaceticacid ; DealingGNFCproduct.The productisnot foodgrade.But claimsthat itis inpure
formand the purityis 99.5%
It suppliestomanyfoodunitsinMaharashtra andHyderabad. Price isRs.55 perkg.

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It suppliesaceticacidtothe followingunits.
 Sam Foods,Punjab
 PoojaDehyFoods,Gujarat
 NMfoods,Maharashtra
Consumers’ view
S.K. FreshFoods & Spices
Telephone : 91-022-25894335
B-23, 9 Acre,Kothari Compound,Manpada,Thane West-400607, Thane,Maharashtra, India
Contact person Mr. Suraj Jaiswal
Mob 09833111342
skfreshfoodsltd@gmail.com
Activity Foodproductsincludingpickles
At presentusingfoodgrade aceticacid.But requested tosendthe specandprice of syntheticproduct.
Spice Agro – Tech Foods Pvt Ltd
Nashik,Nashik,Maharashtra- 422007
Contact person Mr. Gulkarni
Mob: 09326071068
Email:spiceagrotech@gmail.com
Using75 kg permonthof aceticacid.
At presentusingfoodgrade aceticacidof GNFC product. But if the product isingood qualityand
suppliedwithcompetitiveprice,itmayshifttosyntheticaceticacid.
GodrejFoodsltd.,
Maharashtra
Tel:07480 400500, 400533
Fruitbaseddrinksintetrapakand fruitpulp(mango, guava) tamarindpuree andtomatopuree
Contact person AK.Srivastava
Purchase Tel: 07480 400515
Email: aksrivastava@hersheys.com
Requestedtosendthe specandprice of syntheticaceticacid
Ushodaya EnterprisesPrivate LimitedPriya Foods Div
Plotno.a1/1(part)blockno.3,,Ida uppal,,Hyderabad,
AndhraPradesh
Phone:91-040-27200354 Mobile:91-27200354

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Purc_fact@priyafood.com
Contact person Mr. KalyanChakravarthy,
09618901090 0866-2585346 , 47
Usingfoodgrade aceticacid of GNFC. Requestedtosendprice specof Pure Chemical’sproduct
Agri GoldFood and Farm Products Ltd.
Foods Division:
6-3-668/10/4, Durga Nagar Colony
Panjagutta, Hyderabad-400 082
Phone : 040-23414471/8, 27758713
Fax : 040-23417220
Email:info@agrigoldindia.com
Agri Gold Organics (P) Ltd/Agri Gold Projects Ltd.
Regd. & Admn. Office:
D.No.40-1-21/21, Fourth Floor
Catholic Complex
M.G. Road, Vijayawada-520 010
Andhra Pradesh
Phone : 0866- 2486013, 2481754 2473711, 2481754
Purchase: 0866-3202686, 87
Mr. K.S. Prasad Purchase Manager
Agro Tech Foods Ltd.
(Formerly known as ITC Agro-Tech Ltd.)
31, Sarojini Devi Road
Secunderabad-500 003
Phone : (040) 27801205/66333444, 27803715,
27804705,27805101.
Fax : 040-27800947.
Email : nsinghvi@corvoshandwick.co.in, hr@atfoods.com, feedback@atfoods.com
Website:www.atfoods.com
Purchase: Tel:0124-4593700
Contact person Mr. SanjayGupta
Prabhat Udyog
8-2-674/B/M, Lane To S.B.I,BanjaraHills,RoadNo.12, Hyderabad,
AndhraPradesh - 500034
Tel: 040 - 23370115
Fax 040 – 23370116
Email: prabhatudyog@rediffmail.com
Contact person Mr. SubbhaRao
Remarks Usingacetic acidfor preservationof Gherkin

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