sounds like the acidic acid content would be way higher this would explain some users different experences with the product. Acidic acid is not benificial but has a rather distinct taste. Malic acid on the other hand does marvelous thing for the body and may go unnoticed at the time. Personally, I will stay with vinegars that contain mostly malic acid (as in acv) over other vinegars that contain (acidic acid)