So I went looking for salts to use in my brewing and picked up some Epsom Salts and some Hydrochloric Acid. I ended up at the Pool Store and bemoaned the fact that nobody carries anything less than 1 gallon jugs of HCL. The store guy asked what I was using it for, and when I told him, he said he has some stuff to reduce the PH in pool water. Sodium BiSulfate.
I wasn't about to just buy it and try it, but when I got home I looked it up and Wiki has this to say:
Sodium bisulfate is used primarily to lower pH. For technical grade applications it is used in metal finishing, cleaning products, and to lower the pH of water for effective chlorination, including swimming pools. Sodium bisulfate is also AAFCO approved as a general use feed additive, including companion animal food. It is used as a urine acidifier to reduce urinary stones in cats. Sodium bisulfate is considered GRAS by FDA and meets their definition of a natural product. The food grade product meets the requirements set out in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC). It is denoted by E number E514ii in the EU. Food Grade sodium bisulfate is used in a variety of food products, including beverages, dressings, sauces, and fillings. It is also widely used in meat and poultry processing and most recently in browning prevention of fresh cut produce.
So I wondered if anyone knows about this. It didn't come up in my research of common additives, but seems safe based on the little looking that I did online. The bottle that the guy had in the store said 100% Sodium Bisulfate.
I wasn't about to just buy it and try it, but when I got home I looked it up and Wiki has this to say:
Sodium bisulfate is used primarily to lower pH. For technical grade applications it is used in metal finishing, cleaning products, and to lower the pH of water for effective chlorination, including swimming pools. Sodium bisulfate is also AAFCO approved as a general use feed additive, including companion animal food. It is used as a urine acidifier to reduce urinary stones in cats. Sodium bisulfate is considered GRAS by FDA and meets their definition of a natural product. The food grade product meets the requirements set out in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC). It is denoted by E number E514ii in the EU. Food Grade sodium bisulfate is used in a variety of food products, including beverages, dressings, sauces, and fillings. It is also widely used in meat and poultry processing and most recently in browning prevention of fresh cut produce.
So I wondered if anyone knows about this. It didn't come up in my research of common additives, but seems safe based on the little looking that I did online. The bottle that the guy had in the store said 100% Sodium Bisulfate.