Citric Acid with priming sugar?

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I have a batch of pale ale which I would like to have a bit of a citric tang. I was rummaging through my spices making dinner when I ran across some seasoning (True Lemon brand name) which I use in the winter to pep up soups. The list of ingredients is: Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Lemon Juice, Lemon oil, Ascorbic acid. Would adding a modest amount to the priming sugar used for bottling cause problems with the carbonation? I'm not planning on using much, but clearly this stuff will alter the pH. Any thoughts?
 
Lower pH from the citric acid will render the beer biologically more stable and lower ORP from the ascorbic acid will render it chemically more stable but the lemon oil may turn it cloudy.
 

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