Natural acid produced by fermentation. Safe preservative and acidity regulator in many foods.
Lactic Acid has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact: No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 147 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA
Lactic Acid is also known as e270, milk acid, lactic acid, lactic acid starter — these all refer to the same ingredient.
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