AdditivesE270 - Lactic acid
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E270 - Lactic acid
Open Food Facts additive identifier: en:e270
Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Risk Level
Unknown
Description
LACTIC ACID is an organic compound with the formula CH3CH(OH)CO2H. In the form of its conjugate base called lactate (this is thus different and kept as a separate ingredient). Lactic acid is chiral, consisting of two optical isomers. One is known as L-(+)-lactic acid or (S)-lactic acid and the other, its mirror image, is D-(−)-lactic acid or (R)-lactic acid in food the L-variant is used