"acidulant" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008, Dr. David Steen, Philip R. Ashurst, editors, Carbonated Soft Drinks: Formulation and Manufacture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62:",
          "text": "Malic acid finds use in a variety of products, mostly in fruit-flavoured carbonates. It is the preferred acidulant in low-calorie drinks and in cider and apple drinks, enhancing flavour and stabilising colour in carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured drinks.",
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        "A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste."
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          "word": "acidulate"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
          "word": "asidulan"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
          "word": "pengasid"
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          "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
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          "word": "acidulante"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
      "word": "asidulan"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
      "word": "pengasid"
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      "sense": "food additive used to increase acidity",
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