Abstract: An organic acid can be recovered from a fermentation broth by clarifying the broth to remove at least a substantial portion of the impurities therein, producing a clarified feed; acidulating the clarified feed by adding a quantity of a mineral acid effective to lower the pH of the feed to between about 1.0 and about 4.5, producing an acidulated feed which is substantially saturated with respect to at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of MHSO.sub.4, M.sub.2 SO.sub.4, M.sub.3 PO.sub.4, M.sub.2 HPO.sub.4, MH.sub.2 PO.sub.4, and MNO.sub.3, where M is selected from the group consisting of Na, NH.sub.4, and K; extracting the acidulated feed with an extraction mixture which includes (a) water, (b) a mineral acid, in a quantity effective to maintain the pH of the feed between about 1.0 and about 4.