Where to get citric acid in Ontario, Canada ?

[Fred L]

Other than ordering from Formulary or Bostick & Sullivan, where else can one source citric acid ? I'm in Ontario, Canada if Cdn members have intel.

tia
freddy

[tonyowen]

How about concentrated lemon juice from supermarkets???
regards

[koraks]

Check Asian or Turkish supermarkets if you have any, or contact (online) stores that carry brewery, baking or food additives. Citric acid is an extremely commonly used additive in the food & beverages industry and shouldn't be very hard to find. Photography supply stores are about the last place to look for something like this, unless you want to pay inordinate amounts of money for supposedly 'pure' materials that in fact are completely equal to what you would buy elsewhere.

[bob carnie]

Mobberly health stores sell small quantities of Citric Acid.

[Fred L]

Thanks everyone ! got some homework for the weekend ;)

[bob carnie]

there is a place near the AGO which sells textile dyes and they have CA in bulk

[Willie]

Amazon dot com?
Food and canning supply stores will have it.

[drew.saunders]

Although shipping to Canada may be prohibitively expensive, here's what a US-based textile company charges for citric acid: https://www.dharmatrading.com/chemicals/citric-acid-powder.html

[Fred L]

there is a place near the AGO which sells textile dyes and they have CA in bulk


Above Ground art supplies near OCAD ? that would be convenient ;)

[bob carnie]

Not Above ground but close, its on Dundas kitty corner from the entrance on dundas east Village on Grange .. so on north side of dundas just east of Mcaul on the block that runs into University.

textile place you cannot miss it , sorry I do not have the name.

[Fred L]

Not Above ground but close, its on Dundas kitty corner from the entrance on dundas east Village on Grange .. so on north side of dundas just east of Mcaul on the block that runs into University.

textile place you cannot miss it , sorry I do not have the name.

that's enough info Bob, thanks. too bad Nymoc is gone :(

[bob carnie]

that's enough info Bob, thanks. too bad Nymoc is gone :(

there is a replacement who took their stock they are in Missserablsaugga.

Bob

[adelorenzo]

I bought 30 lbs. on eBay for $70 USD including shipping. Spent another $5 at crappy tire for a big plastic bucket to hold it all.

[Fred L]

I bought 30 lbs. on eBay for $70 USD including shipping. Spent another $5 at crappy tire for a big plastic bucket to hold it all.

$70 ?? that's cheap ! no probs shipping it ? the place Bob mentioned, sells 25kg for $225, which is not bad compared to photo chem places as mentioned up thread.

I also presume food grade citric acid doesn't make any diff for our purposes ?

[Tin Can]

How much do we really need?

Food grade on Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ciric+acid)

[Pere Casals]

How much do we really need?

Food grade on Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ciric+acid)

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[koraks]

Food grade is perfectly fine for photography.

[jamesaz]

I bought some at Walmart. It's with the canning supplies.

[Wayne]

Pool supply companies will have it in bulk

[Ian Gordon Bilson]

Down here in Hobbiton any big food store has it in the Baking section. You could buy it from a Pharmacy, but will pay too much

[Fred L]

fwiw, I ended up getting citric acid from Amazon. Much cheaper than local options, $30 Cdn for 10lbs. thanks for everyone's help !

[Andrew O'Neill]

I get 1kg bags from a local diy wine shop.