Citric, succinic, malic, acetic, and tartaric acids are commonly found in fruits and fresh-cut byproducts. They have been traditionally used in the food industry as preservative agents, attributing their antimicrobial efficacy to the pH changes of the treated media (Raybaudi-Massilia and others 2009). In general, bacteria grow at a pH close to 6.5 to 7.5, but tolerate a pH range from 4 to 9 (Raybaudi-Massilia and others 2009). Yeasts are more tolerant to low pH values than bacteria are, whereas molds can grow in the widest pH range (Raybaudi-Massilia and others 2009). One effective way of limiting microbial growth is increasing the acidity of a particular food by adding an acidic substance (Raybaudi-Massilia and others 2009). Acids attack cell walls, cell membranes, metabolic enzymes, protein synthesis systems, and the genetic material of microorganisms (Tripathi and Dubey 2004).