The end of summer and early autumn for all hostesses is a troublesome time. This is the time of preparations for the winter - salting, canning, boiling. In general, worries are full of mouths. And often this happens when, in the middle of the canning process, it suddenly turns out that there is not a drop of vinegar in the house. It doesn't matter, in this case there is a more thrifty neighbor who will always come to the rescue. Only bad luck - a neighbor turned out to have a 70% vinegar essence, but it will not work for conservation. There is only one way out - to dilute. Today we will tell you how to dilute acetic acid 70 to 9 percent and not disrupt the harvesting of stocks.
Product types
The simplest answer to the question: "Where does the vinegar come from?" - "From the shop". But let's broaden our horizons a bit today. Each of us can recall a case when an open bottle of wine or beer, left unfinished, turned sour after a while. In the process of souring or fermentation, acetic acid is formed.
By fermentation, only natural food vinegar is obtained. To do this, fermented alcohol-containing liquids are distilled and concentrated vinegar essence is obtained, which subsequently ends up on store shelves.
How to dilute vinegar essence to 9% vinegar, we will tell later, but now a little about the types of this product. Today, several types of food vinegar are used for culinary purposes:
- Alcohol - natural product no aftertaste. It is obtained from an aqueous solution of ethyl alcohol.
- Rice - a product based on fermented rice or rice wine. It is indispensable as a fragrant seasoning.
- Balsamic - a natural product with a sweet smell, dark color with a thick consistency.
- Fruit - an excellent seasoning for vegetable salads and dumplings. Apple vinegar gained its popularity as a healing agent.
- Flavored - a product obtained on the basis of alcohol vinegar by adding spicy and fragrant herbs.
- Malt - made on the basis of barley malt. Accentuates the taste of ready-made dishes and gives them astringency.
- Sherry - made on the basis of wine must from Muscatel or Palomino grapes.
- Synthetic - it is extracted from sawdust or in the production of mineral fertilizers from natural gas. It has a pronounced chemical taste and smell. Differs in low-cost production. It hits the shelves of stores with the inscription "Canteen". The main difference from natural vinegar is the high content of toxic and carcinogenic substances, but it captivates with its cheapness.
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How to dilute acetic acid 70% to 9%?
Vinegar can be used both as a separate seasoning for ready meals, and as a component in sauces, marinades, salad dressings. Due to its antiseptic properties, it is indispensable for home canning.
And now, finally, the time has come to discover the secret of how to breed 70 percent vinegar up to 9 percent. Actually, there is no secret here: we only need water, small mathematical skills and accuracy.
Breeding process
To obtain vinegar of the desired concentration, you should find the volume of water and essence needed for the solution:
Ve \u003d Kr x Vr / Ke:
- Ve - the required amount of essence, ml;
- Vp - the required volume of the solution, ml;
- Kp - the desired concentration of the solution,%;
- Ke - essence concentration,%.
- Vv - the required volume of water.
For example, we have a 70% vinegar essence, but we need to get 500 ml of a 9% vinegar solution:
Ve \u003d 9 x 500/70 \u003d 64.3 ml, Vv \u003d 500 - 64.3 \u003d 435.7 ml, that is, you need to take 64.3 ml of essence and mix with 435.7 ml of water. Everything is elementary!
Using a slightly deeper knowledge of mathematics, you can derive a formula that allows you to find out the volume of the solution of the required concentration from the initial volume of the essence: Vp \u003d Ke x Ve / Kr. So, in the presence of 0.5 liters of 70% essence, we can get almost 4 liters of 9% vinegar, while, as you might guess, we will spend 3.5 liters of water.
And yet, so that you don’t get completely confused in these calculations, we suggest using a ready-made table on how to dilute acetic acid 70 to 9 vinegar.
| Required concentration of vinegar, % | Initial Essence Concentration 70% |
| 30 |
(ratio - 1 part essence to n parts water) |
| 10 | 1:6 |
| 9 | 1:7 |
| 8 | 1:8 |
| 7 | 1:9 |
| 6 | 1:11 |
| 5 | 1:13 |
| 4 | 1:17 |
| 3 | 1:22,5 |
Precautionary measures
Improper or careless use of acetic acid can cause poisoning or burns to internal organs. And depending on the severity, it can even lead to death. To avoid such troubles, we recommend that you observe the following precautions:
- Purchase vinegar essence from official retail outlets. The label must contain information about the product and its concentration.
- Pour the diluted vinegar into a separate container and make a note on it about the contents and its concentration.
- To prevent acetic acid from entering the body, do not try to taste the product directly from the bottle.
- Dilute the vinegar essence in a well-ventilated area. Avoid prolonged inhalation of vinegar vapors.
- In case of poisoning with acetic acid, immediately call an ambulance and take measures to wash the stomach, in no case do not use drugs that cause vomiting.
- If the upper respiratory tract is irritated, rinsing will help. cold water and inhalation with a solution of baking soda.
- If suddenly acetic acid gets into your eyes, immediately rinse them with cold water, then drip with a solution of novocaine.
- In case of skin contact, wash thoroughly with soap and running water.
- Keep vinegar out of the reach of children.
A bottle of vinegar will always come in handy in the kitchen of any hostess. Often, there may be several of its varieties at once. This is due to its wide demand in cooking. Vinegar is added when preserving food, in certain types of dough as a baking powder, when creating all kinds of dressings for sauces and salads. It also finds application directly in everyday life: with its help, an unpleasant odor is eliminated from various surfaces, scale is removed from the kettle. Sometimes you need to get 9 percent vinegar from a concentrated 70 percent. Some tips and a table will show you how.
Variety of species
Vinegar is obtained by naturally souring fruit juices or dry grape wines. There are a lot of varieties of the presented essence. Almost every country has a type of its own production that best matches the cuisine of this region.
The following types of vinegar are especially popular:
- red wine– to create it, red wine Cabernet, Malbec or Merlot is processed;
- white wine- characterized piquant taste, it is obtained by processing white wines;
- balsamic- the oldest variety according to the production technology that has existed for the second millennium. It is distinguished by the presence of a dark color, since the infusion process takes place in wooden barrels. The taste is soft, but quite rich, and the consistency is inherent in ductility;
- apple- for its preparation, cider or apple pomace is taken as the initial product. The taste of this variety is pungent and sour, has an attractive amber color;
- sherry– its cost is higher than the previous ones, because The raw material for production is wine from a special grape variety - Palomino Wine. Plus, it takes much longer to make.
Interestingly, several millennia earlier in Babylon, vinegar was made from dates. Then he was used in medicine as an antiseptic and hygiene products.
Less common, but still used in cooking, are the following types of vinegar: coconut, rice wine and malt.
Breeding principle
Vinegar essence, as well as diluted table vinegar often cause poisoning and burn injuries. In this regard, the process of diluting the essence to the required concentration is important to carry out taking into account the nuances of safety precautions:
- make a sufficient supply of drinking cold filtered water in advance;
- exclude the use of food and any liquid in the process of interaction with the essence;
- the dosage of water and vinegar should be carried out exclusively with the help of measuring cups, without relying on tablespoons and offhand measurement;
- dilution of the solution is recommended to be carried out in a glass container, where water is first poured, and after that - vinegar essence;
- if even a drop of an aggressive liquid comes into contact with the skin or mucous membranes of the eyes, it is important to immediately and abundantly rinse the affected area with water;
- to store the finished solution, you will need a light and airtight container, because. acid tends to evaporate rapidly.
From 70% to 9%
Many recipes call for the addition of a certain amount of 9% acetic acid. Often not much is needed, so there is no need to dilute a full bottle of 70% essence. The formula will help you get the required amount of the substance:
E \u003d (Ku * Ou) / KE, in which:
E - the desired amount of essence;
Ku - the selected concentration of vinegar;
Оу - the required volume of the finished solution;
EC - essence concentration.
So, if the recipe indicates 80 ml of 9% acetic acid, then you can get a given amount from a 70% essence by the following calculations:
E \u003d (Ku * Ou) / KE \u003d (9 * 80) / 70 \u003d 10.
Therefore, you will need 10 ml of vinegar at a concentration of 70% diluted with the missing volume of cold drinking water. This method is relevant for the preparation of various amounts of vinegar of any concentration.
Correct breeding table
In everyday life, cooking and cosmetology, a solution of vinegar is used in various concentrations, so the following measuring table will be useful to any housewife:
Take 1 tablespoon vinegar essence and add the required amount of tablespoons of water
Important! When working with concentrated acetic acid, you should avoid inhaling its vapors - they are no less dangerous than liquid. Contact with the respiratory tract is fraught with burns of the mucous membranes.
Regardless of the concentration, it is necessary to store the acetic acid solution only where children cannot access it. Among other things, it is strongly not recommended to use undiluted essence.
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Vinegar is a fairly ancient spice used in cooking. Usually, it is colorless, but sometimes, it can be slightly colored.
There are a huge number of food recipes. And, in whatever country the food is prepared, one of the dishes will definitely contain vinegar. Another thing is that for the preparation of different foods, you need vinegar of different strengths. To cook some dishes, you need 70 percent vinegar, while for others, 9 percent is enough.
There is a situation when only 70% vinegar (essence) is available, but 9% is needed. To make 9% vinegar from essence, you need the essence itself and water. Given that there are not so many ingredients for manipulation, it is not difficult to guess that they will need to be mixed together.
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Making 9 Percent Vinegar
To obtain an essence with a pure vinegar content of 9%, it is necessary to add water to 70% vinegar in a ratio of 1 part vinegar to 7 parts water. For example, we can take 2 tablespoons of vinegar and dilute it with 14 tablespoons of plain water. That's all that needed to be done. Now you have 9% vinegar.
It should be clarified that some cooks mix not only vinegar with water, but also different types vinegars among themselves. For many people, this is a kind of pastime - a hobby. By mixing different types of vinegars, they develop new "varieties". But, if you do not want to turn vinegar into your hobby, then the most elementary knowledge is enough for you.
measuring table
You never know what strength of vinegar will be needed tomorrow and it is not known for what purposes it may be needed (if you did not know, vinegar is used not only for cooking).
A certain solution can also serve for disinfection purposes (at least it was so in ancient times), but a modern person can take note of this (after all, you never know what conditions you will find yourself in). Perhaps vinegar will be the only remedy that can help in resolving any problems or problems.
To obtain the desired consistency, you can easily measure the proportions in the number of spoons. Let's figure out below how much water you need to add to 1 tablespoon of 70 percent vinegar:
- 3% solution - 22.5 tablespoons of water;
- 4% solution - 17 tablespoons of water;
- 5% solution - 13 tablespoons of water;
- 6% solution - 11 tablespoons of water;
- 7% solution - 9 tablespoons of water;
- 8% solution - 8 tablespoons of water;
- 9% solution - 7 tablespoons of water;
- 10% solution - 6 tablespoons of water;
- 30% solution - 1.5 tablespoons of water.
The raw material for the production of vinegar is ethanol. Vinegar is used in recipes many dishes - and that's not all. It is impossible to do without it when cooking various kinds of seasonings and marinades. The popularity of vinegar is so high that it is even added to hot dishes (while improving their taste). It can be produced both in artificial conditions and natural. It is present in the composition of ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise - that is, in our everyday food.
Faceted glass - as a measure
There is knowledge that has been gained through repeated experiences. It consists in the fact that faceted glass contains 17 tablespoons of water. This means that if you need to make 9% vinegar from vinegar essence, then it will be enough to add 2 tablespoons of 70% essence to one faceted glass of water.
Acetic essence is a solution of acetic acid with a concentration of 70 or 80%. It is produced industrially using a fermentation process from alcohol solutions. Widely used in industry and households. Housewives use the essence for canning, preparing marinades. However, such a concentrated solution of acetic acid is rarely used for cooking. Most often we are talking about table vinegar, which has a much lower concentration. How to make a 9% solution from 70% vinegar?
Basic rules for diluting vinegar essence
Acetic essence at 70% concentration can cause serious poisoning, even death, if a person accidentally or intentionally drinks it. If the essence gets on the mucous membrane of the eyes, on the skin, it will cause a very strong, painful burn.
Even the smallest concentration of acetic acid may well lead to injury. Therefore, you can not dilute the essence "by eye". You need to know the exact proportions. Use vinegar, even the lowest concentration, only for its intended purpose.
When working with vinegar essence, remove small children and pets from the kitchen. Free the table from foreign objects and containers, especially with food. Essence can accidentally get into food. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful and warn loved ones about this.
How dangerous is the situation? If a person swallows vinegar essence, he will receive an instant, very painful burn of the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach - the entire digestive tract. Pain is accompanied by swallowing, vomiting with blood may begin.
Vapors of acetic acid can burn the respiratory tract, there will be suffocation, blue skin, wheezing when breathing.
If a person has swallowed more than 3 tablespoons of vinegar essence, then this is the most severe poisoning that will cause death during the day.
Therefore, it is necessary to be extremely careful and attentive during the preparation of 9% vinegar from vinegar essence.
How to make 9 percent from 70 vinegar - a simple formula
On the labels of some bottles with 70% vinegar essence, manufacturers indicate that in order to obtain table vinegar, it is necessary to dilute the contents with water 1:20. That is, 20 parts of water and 1 part of essence. However, the result is a completely different concentration, which is needed. This is not 9% table vinegar at all, but a much less concentrated solution.
Therefore, you need to use a different recipe. The formula is as follows: you need to add 1 part of the essence to 7 parts of water. If you count a tablespoon as a unit of measurement, then you need 2 tablespoons of essence for 14 tablespoons of water.
Water should be clean, cool, boiled or filtered.
An elementary way with a faceted glass
The way to make 9 percent vinegar using a faceted glass was tested in practice by our grandmothers. Due to its long history, this method is almost flawless.
It is known that a faceted glass contains exactly 17 tablespoons of liquid, in our case - water. A bit of math, which we will not bore you with, and you can get the desired result very quickly. Pour 2 tablespoons of vinegar essence with a concentration of 70 percent into a faceted glass and top it up with water.
Table: How to make different percentage vinegar from vinegar essence
For different purposes in the household, vinegar of different concentrations is used, and not necessarily nine percent. However, in the store you can hardly find, for example, a solution of acetic acid in 4 or 10%. So let's learn how to cook it.
The unit of measurement for obtaining a solution of acetic acid of the required concentration will be a tablespoon.
A table that will help you find out how many tablespoons of water you need to add to one tablespoon of vinegar essence to get the appropriate concentration:
| № | Solution concentration, % | Number of tablespoons of water |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 22,5 |
| 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 9 | 30 | 1,5 |
Secrets and tricks for housewives
There are many problems that you can get rid of cheaply and easily with table vinegar:
- Oily surfaces. No need to buy expensive oven cleaners. It is enough to slightly moisten the walls and the door from the inside with table vinegar, leave for a while, and then clean. So you can clean any surfaces where there are oil stains.
- Dirty parquet. It is easy and stress-free to put it in order. Pour 4 cups of vinegar (half a cup per liter) into an 8-liter bucket of water. Rinse the floor well - it will be perfectly cleaned of dirt and begin to shine. However, if the parquet is protected with wax, it is better not to use this method.
- Flowers in a vase. You can extend their life cycle with vinegar. Add 2 tbsp per liter of water. spoons. A beautiful bouquet will delight you for more than one day.
- Unpleasant odors. You can easily get rid of them by applying vinegar. It is necessary to leave a cup of vinegar in the room for several hours without covering it. In the future, so that the smell of vinegar disappears, open the windows.
- Scale in a kettle or saucepan. Purchased products are not needed, which are practically unable to rid the kettle of multi-layer scale. It is enough to pour a full kettle of water, pour in a tablespoon of vinegar and boil. The kettle will be completely clean.
- Dirty glass and windows. The best and cheapest glass cleaner is vinegar. Dilute some vinegar with water and wash the windows. And then wipe dry with paper or a cloth that does not leave marks on the glass.
- Dirty metal surfaces. Take a couple of tablespoons of vinegar, drop two drops into the solution vegetable oil and clean the metal surface from dirt. It can be cutlery, decor items, jewelry.
- Microorganisms, mold. With such a difficult task, vinegar will also cope with success. AT plastic jar with a sprayer, pour in 100 grams of vinegar, treat the surfaces on which mold has been noticed. After some time, the procedure can be repeated. It is very useful in this way to protect toothbrushes from bacteria. Wet them with vinegar, rinse after a while. Vinegar will perfectly help neutralize old cutting boards, the surface of the kitchen countertop.
- Domestic ants. Vinegar perfectly repels these insects. It is necessary to process traces and "ant tracks". Trust me, they won't like it at all.
- Brass. To make items made of brass shine, wipe them with a cloth dipped in vinegar.
- Dried paint. After the repair, good brushes remain, which would be nice to use again. It is very easy to remove dried paint from them - just pour vinegar on the brushes for half an hour.
- Stains on clothes. It is necessary to moisten the stain with vinegar and wash the garment in the typewriter. It works especially well on sweat and deodorant stains.
- Attached price tags. It's a shame when a new thing is almost ruined by the price tag, which is firmly glued to it in the store. Moisten a cloth or sponge with vinegar and gently apply to the glued paper for a while. Then it can be easily removed from the surface, and there will be no traces left.
- Clogged pipes. An excellent and cheapest tool that works just as well as expensive ones. Pour baking soda into the drain hole in the sink, then pour vinegar into the drain. There will be a reaction, foam will appear. Everything here depends on the degree of clogging of the pipe. You can get by with a tablespoon of soda and a couple of tablespoons of vinegar. In especially difficult cases, you will need half a glass of soda and a whole glass of vinegar. Wait from 15 minutes to half an hour, rinse the hissing and bubbling mass in the pipe with hot water.
It is impossible to imagine the modern world without one of the accidental inventions of mankind - without table vinegar. On store shelves, you can most often find 9% vinegar and 70% concentrated vinegar essence.
But in various life situations, not only 9% vinegar is required, but also many other vinegar solutions of various concentrations. From the point of view of economy, it is easier to buy vinegar essence and dilute it depending on the need.
For various purposes it is better to use different varieties vinegar. There is natural vinegar obtained by fermenting fruit and berry juices, and there is synthetic vinegar obtained by distillation of wood, oil, gas.
The cost of natural vinegar is much higher, taste qualities too, so for cooking it is better to use natural varieties, but synthetic ones are quite suitable for cleaning kitchen surfaces and removing stains.
| No. p \ p | Scope of the solution | Permissible concentration |
| 1. | Cleaning the stove from grease, removing rust | 30% |
| 2. | Disinfection, removing stains from fabric surfaces | 10% |
| 3. | Marinades long-term storage in hermetically sealed jars | 9% |
| 4. | Quick marinating meat, onions | 8% |
| 5. | Fast vegetable marinades that do not require hermetic twisting without long-term storage | 7% |
| 6. | Redemption of soda for baking flour products | 6% |
| 7. | Removing odors in lunch boxes, bread boxes, refrigerators | 5% |
| 8. | Independent seasoning for boiled and fried meat(pork) | 4% |
| 9. | Dressing fresh vegetable salads, making homemade mayonnaise | 3% |
Where is the 3% solution used?
3% vinegar has found use in cooking. A slightly acidic spicy solution is an excellent independent seasoning for boiled dumplings and vegetable salads. Adding it to the first courses will keep the bright color of the borscht and add a piquant sourness to the pickle. And not one festive table will not do without homemade marinades - cucumbers, garlic, onions.
3% vinegar has found a place in cosmetology. With it, you can fight acne and dandruff; it will soothe itching after insect bites and help remove bruises.
3% vinegar can be made from 70% essence, or you can Dilute 9% table vinegar to 3%.
IMPORTANT!
Acetic essence is produced only of synthetic origin, so its solutions are best used for non-food needs.
How to calculate the required concentration?
To get 3% vinegar from 70% (vinegar essence) you need to know the proportion of dilution. Depending on the required amount of a 3% solution, you need to choose a unit of measurement. It can be a teaspoon or a tablespoon, a measuring cup, a glass - whatever.
Proportions:
Measure 22.5 units of water into a glass container, and then pour 1 unit of vinegar essence into it.
ATTENTION!
To dilute vinegar essence, boiled water should be taken. room temperature so as not to provoke a chemical reaction!
With such a solution 3% vinegar, made from 70% can be used to wipe the child at a high temperature. Sponging will help lower the temperature by 1-1.5 degrees without using antipyretic drugs. A cotton swab dipped in such a solution can lubricate the places of mosquito bites. With the same composition, it is easy to remove an unpleasant odor in plastic containers and kitchen cabinets.
In cooking, vinegar essence is better not to use. An exception may be only the preparation of homemade mayonnaise, if the fruity taste of natural vinegar is undesirable.
For culinary purposes, it is better to take natural 9% vinegar and dilute it to 3% concentration. It's quite simple: for 3 units of water, take 1 unit of vinegar. Such a slightly acidic solution can be watered boiled dumplings; based on it can be prepared delicious dressing for salad or sauce for meat. In such a low concentration, vinegar will not hurt even with gastritis, making its own piquant note in the culinary bouquet of dishes!
Precautionary measures
Simple safety rules should be observed when storing and diluting 70% vinegar essence:
- store the essence only in industrial packaging with a label! Essence manufacturers specifically use non-standard bottles so that the product cannot be confused with anything;
- keep the essence out of the reach of children;
- when diluting the essence, be sure to pour the essence into water, and not vice versa;
- do not bend over the solution, so as not to get a burn of the respiratory tract with vapors of acetic acid when mixed.
Note to the owner
Table for obtaining solutions of various concentrations
| Parts ratio (essence:water) | Solution concentration |
| 1:22,5 | 3% |
| 1:17 | 4% |
| 1:13 | 5% |
| 1:11 | 6% |
| 1:9 | 7% |
| 1:8 | 8% |
| 1:7 | 9% |
| 1:6 | 10% |
| 1:1,5 | 30% |
Vinegar added to water will prolong the life of a festive bouquet of flowers, drive cockroaches out of the house and stop hiccups, give dishes a unique taste and make hair smooth and shiny ... This is a real miracle that came from the depths of centuries, but has not lost its relevance in the modern world!
