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You can tell when you drink or eat lemons, lemonade, grapefruit, apples, Oranges, bananas and etc . it will taste sour or bitter.
Sour means acid.
Bases tend to be bitter - but tasting strong bases is very dangerous. Hopefully you will never try testing something like drain cleaner to find out.
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∙ 13y agoA base is a substance that taste bitter, feels slippery & turns red litmus blue.
Acids taste sour, reacts with metals & carbonates & turns litmus paper from blue to red.
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∙ 14y agoA base is a substance that taste bitter, feels slippery & turns red litmus blue. Acids taste sour, reacts with metals & carbonates & turns litmus paper from blue to red.
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∙ 13y agoHow can you tell If a food contains zan acid or a base as one of it's ingredients?
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∙ 12y ago- If there are no acids in food, there won't be any vitamins for us to have a healthy cell system.
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∙ 12y agoAcids are usually sour .
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Is water and food coloring an acid base or neutral?
neutral
What cause acidity in acid?
the best answer i could find was because of its low pH number i dont know if it is right but at least it could be right
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
Is meat a acid or a base?
Home made pickles are slightly alkaline (base) ~7.2 pH, but commercial dill pickles are pretty acidic. Roughly 6 pH
What are the food sources of nucleotide?
Any food has nucleic acid, because all living things contain nucleic acid. The only way a food wouldn't have nucleic acid is if you eat something weird, like plastic, as my biology teacher says.
Is there acetic acid in tangy food?
Tangy food contain organic acids. So, it does not necessarily mean that, it contains acetic acid. It may contain any other organic acid like Tartaric acid, Citric acid, etc.
Does food coloring contain acetic acid?
According to the color and purpose, it may contain acetic acid, although many of them do not.
Pickled food like achar contains what acid?
Prickled food like achar contain nuclier acid
What food contain acid?
apples,oranges,pineapples,apricots Lemons contain citric acid vinegar contains acetic acid
What are three practical uses of a acid Of a base?
three practical uses of an acid is in a home, food, and industry. the same goes for a base.
Is water and food coloring an acid base or neutral?
neutral
Is food digestion an acid or base?
base he says base but The foods we eat are digested; they break down into either an acid or an alkaline end-product in our tissues. This end-product is called the "ash" and is what remains in the body after the food has been broken down. i think is an acid
Is digesting food a base or a acid?
the stomage has a pH <1 therefore the food is acidificated
Do all foods contain nucleic acids?
All food does contain nucleic acid, as that is the basis of DNA, which is in all living things.
Is green food coloring an acid or a base?
Yes because it is more acidic than basic.
If a food does not contain the necessary amounts of a certain amino acid to meet a body need that amino acid is called what?
limiting amino acid
How can you tell if a food contains an acid or a base?
If its acidity level is below 7, then it is a acid. If it is above a seven, then it is a base. If it is exactly 7 then it is neutral such as water.
