Natural citric acid inoparadzirwa zvakanyanya muzvisikwa, uye inowanikwa mumichero yemiti yakadai semarimu, michero yecitrus, mananasi, pamwe nemapfupa, tsandanyama, neropa remhuka. Artificially synthesized citric acid inogadzirwa nekuvirisa shuga ine zvinhu zvakaita seshuga, molasses, starch, uye mazambiringa.

Mhando dzakawanda dzemichero nemiriwo, kunyanya michero yecitrus, ine yakawanda ye citric acid, kunyanya ndimu uye lime - ine yakawanda ye citric acid, uye mushure mekuoma, zvinyorwa zvinogona kusvika 8% (zviri mujusi yemichero inenge 47 g / L). Mumichero ye citrus, zviri mukati me citric acid zvinotangira pa 0.005mol/L pamaorenji uye mazambiringa kusvika pa 0.30mol/L pamaremoni nemaraimu. Ichi chinyorwa chinosiyana nekukura kwemhando dzakasiyana dzakarimwa uye zvirimwa