Citric Acid: Carboxylic Acid: Fruit Acid
Citric acid is a colorless, water-soluble carboxylic acid that is classified as a fruit acid.
Citric acid is not only found in the plant kingdom but also occurs particularly as a metabolic product in the citric acid cycle (also known as the Krebs cycle) in carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism in all oxygen-consuming organisms.
