Trying to buy Citric Acid ...

letsbehonest

Used to get mine at Boots,,

Swan_2

Peartree wrote: »

It can be hard to get large packs of things like sodium bicarbonate, borax and so on.

*nods* ... I remember being able to buy both of those in large packs in just about any chemist

if you've got a Chinese supermarket locally, you'll be able to buy them there quite cheaply

Pennylane

I've also used it for years for making Elderflower cordial. Never a problem until summer 06. Since we have no wine-making shops near us I tried 3 small pharmacies and none had any. I sent my son (in his 20s) to a large Boots chemists. At this point I didn't know that it was used for other things!! He came home & said "what IS that stuff you wanted me to get? They gave me suspicious looks and said they hadn't got any." So then I then went to another chemist and the woman said they don't stock it any more & I said "why not, I have used it for years for my E.Cordial" so she explained that drug addicts used it and it was on their list of "banned" items.

Daft thing is I then went to another chemists & she added me to their waiting list. She said when it comes in it just flies off the shelves!!

January_Embers

SootSoot wrote: »

Citric Acid is available in Wilkos on the shelf in the wine making section. No need to face the do-gooder pharmacy assistants! HTH

In defence of the pharmacy assistants, they are probably being told they can't sell it by their boss.
I used to work in a pharmacy and citric acid has been restricted in many areas because addicts and dealers were buying the stuff by the ton. Yes, yes I know that doesn't make a blind bit of difference to those that just want it for normal use but its those in charge that make these daft rules not the staff.
I have never heard of any pharmacy assistant asking why a customer wants citric acid - theres no need.:rolleyes:
Many pharmacies still keep it behind the counter.

juno

I was reading a leaflet for a drug outreach project today, and they give out free citric acid. You might have to go for a counselling session though.

Anthillmob

got ours from tesco pharmacy after i explained i needed it to descale the bottle steriliser.

saveaholic68

I have been looking all over recently for citric acid as I wanted to make bath bombs (as in the fizzy things that go in your bath, not things that blow up baths!) and can't find it. There is a seller on Ebay with a wine making shop who sells 100g tubs for just over £2

Swan_2

saveaholic68 wrote: »

I have been looking all over recently for citric acid as I wanted to make bath bombs (as in the fizzy things that go in your bath, not things that blow up baths!) and can't find it. There is a seller on Ebay with a wine making shop who sells 100g tubs for just over £2

mentioned earlier in the thread ... if you have an Asian/Halal grocer locally, it's available in (usually) 100g packs beside the packs of spices, around 65p last time I bought some

HTH

golddustmedia

Funny that Whittards sell packets of it for £5 as I bought a new kettle in Tesco for £3.50....

myrnahaz

I used to buy citric acid from the chemist and mix it with sugar and red colouring to make sherbert for my kids. They DID get a bit wild after eating it now I come to think about it; I thought it was the red colouring I used.....