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Balsamic vinegars are generally pretty acidic (usually 6%), but people may not realize it because they often have such complex musty & sweet notes that can bury the acidity (depending on the variety). In cheap industrially-produced balsamics a lot of red wine vinegar is added to artificially boost their acidity to that 6% level because they’re only briefly aged, but traditional balsamics achieve a perfect balance and natural acidity through slow and careful fermentation, aging, and evaporation. Here’s a list of the aged vinegars we currently carry and their acidity levels:
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Are there any vinegars that are 4% acidity and if so what are they and where can you buy them?
September 25th, 2016 at 3:35 pmHi Mary,
Vinegars can be diluted with water to a wide variety of acidities. There isn’t a variety that is required to be only 4%, so I can’t point you in a general direction. Vinegar with that small of a percentage does seem to be fairly rare. However a web search did bring up this option.
That doesn’t work for you, you might try buying a more common 5% vinegar and diluting it with water.
I hope that helps!
Matthew
September 26th, 2016 at 8:05 amMarx Foods
Hi and Thank you !I had noticed an aged balsamic and the acid was 4% ,does aging lower or rise acid levels ?
December 27th, 2019 at 2:26 pmthanks gary