On Aug 18, 9:33*am, ljp > wrote:
> When drying apples I'm supposed to pre-treat with ascorbic acid or
> lemon juice. *I'm having trouble finding either. *I did find Fruit
> Fresh (a gold by-product) that contains ascorbic acid. *However, it
> contains dextrose and other %%$#. *I thought *I saw a comment that it
> wasn't a good substitute for the ascorbic acid.
>
> I want to start drying before winter (possibly next week here) so I
> will use the Fruit Fresh.
>
> I expect the lemon juice shortage is temporary, but I would like to
> know where folks usually find ascorbic acid.

Check out http://www.phreshtechnologies.com/freshsliced.html
This is a lemon juice substitute.