Malic Acid

37 · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 56

What is this? Does it contain malt? I see it in a lot of candy, and I'm curious if it's ok to eat.

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2541 Location: Washington State

According to Celiac.com, malic acid is on the safe list of ingredients.

See the list at http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodid=183&p_catid=12&sid=91hH9H1TwHUz05P-23106136968.a3
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aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 8602 Location: WI, USA

Here's some info on Malic Acid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malic_acid
http://www.bartek.ca/pdfs/NutritionalMalic/Malic%20Acid%20Nutritional%20Value%20Sheet.pdf
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37 · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 56

Cool, thanks.