The taste & color of honey is determined by which variety of plant the bees get nectar from. A hive of honeybees tends to get nectar from the same variety of plant till it is exausted. This is why a producer can claim their honey is a certain type. So in answer to your question, some honey is bitter because the bees collect nectar from a specific type of plant that causes that particular kind of honey to be bitter.
Lemons have 3 parts.
- the Juice which is very sour (it contain a lot of citric acid (53.3 mg /ml juice) and a little malic acid). Lemon juice has a pH of 2,3
- the peel which contain two parts :
-zest : Lemon zest has an intense lemon/citrus flavor with very little bitterness
-pith (white part) : very bitterness.
The bitterness is due to the presence of primarily one compound : glucoside hesperidins. There is a lot of this coumpound in the pith.
This is due to the amount of organic acids present in lemons and citrus fruits.
It taste sour because it contain citric acid
citric acid
citric acid
Some foods that are sour are lemons, grapes, and tamarind. Some types of oranges and some melon can also have a sour taste to them.
The oranges this season taste sour.
lemon & oranges are acidic in nature b/c when they dissolve in water they give hydrogen ion
IT is correct that lemons are not sweet. They are citrus fruit that is sour to the taste.
because lemons has got more acid an an orange
The sour taste of lemons and limes is due to acid content . . . ascorbic acid.
citric acid
Acidic = sour. Think lemons
Acids For example vinegar, lemon, citric acid.
It may be a vitamin C deficiency or, you just really love the sour tartness of a lemon!
I assume you mean acid. If that is the case, lemons, oranges, pineapples, limes, sour apples, sour plums, sour grapes, and tangerines all have acid in them.