Viva Doria Pure Citric Acid, Food Grade, Fine Grain, 2 lb (907 g)

This is so handy to have around the house. For descaling a coffee machine, as a substitute in baking for cream of tartar. It keeps apples from turning brown. And I found out adding a pinch of this along with a pinch of baking soda to your favorite powdered drink, it it makes your drink fizzy.

An unexpectedly brilliant product - usually used for food purposes, but in this case, for de-rusting underused hand tools. It has to be combined with another packeted product, but - amazing results.

It replaces fabric softener. Completely brightens the fabric and totally helps rinse out the detergent (plus helps get the stank out of human made fibres) I use two TBSP to about 100 ml warm water, mixed well, and put in the softener dispenser. TRY IT

Review of Viva Doris 2 lb citric acid. Item is fine grade and dissolves easily with warm water and use as intended did produce good results. My first time using Citric Acid to decalcify a Zojirushi hot water boiler that a friend gave me after about 2-3 years of use, the original owner never descaled his boiler throughout the 2-3 years, the build up in the inner lining was significant, the removable filter was completely encased and no water could pass through the filter. Went through the cleaning process (Zojirushi online video) and used an equivalent amount of citric acid (1 ounce/30 grams) two times. First attempt cleaning some improvement, second attempt and let continuous warm overnight and some noticeable improvement, remember the build up in the liner was significant and you could hardly see the printed water demarcations inside the pot. I read online that couple companies recommend 1 ounce per each liter, so my third time I used 3 ounces for about 3.5 liters of water (Zojirushi customer service said more citric acid could cause boil over, I did not have that experience but check the cleaning process as you don’t want to have it boil over….). major improvement and I may have to process another cleaning cycle. As for this brand of citric acid, it does dissolve quickly (anhydrous) and has cleaned my inner lining…however, you should consider using bottled water in the boiler to avoid tap hard water calcium buildup and consider a regular cleaning As I mentioned earlier, my metal filter was completely encased with build up and water would not pass through when pressing “dispense”. I cleaned the metal filter prior to cleaning the inner liner. Method for cleaning the filter was to soak the filter in lime away until you see a change (soft gel like consistency, clean and re-soak), took 4 days of this process… could buy from Zojirushi for about $10, but the lime away did the trick, and like new. But I hope you don’t let you boiler get to this state, when descaling, pay attention as you are with very hot water.

I started using this instead of the other dishwasher hard water products and it does an excellent job and is super affordable. Just put about two tablespoons in the dishwasher cup with the detergent pod and you'll see. No more white chalky spots. I also use it instead of fabric softener now, as a softer, cleaner alternative and I just put one big scoop in the wash, then one in the rinse. For the rinse, I took a gallon water jug, emptied 2 packets into it, then dropped in about 30 drops of lemon essential oil and shook it up. I just skip fabric softer and add a cup of this - and again, perfection and toxic free!