Question

It is used to preserve food and fruit juices. (State whether this statement fits for ethanol or ethanoic acid)

Answer 1

To preserve food and fruit juices, people can use the water bath, and it can be used for acidic ingredients such as fruits, jams, jellies and pickles.

To preserve non-acidic foods, people can use the canning methods. Both the methods uses boiling water and the canning preservation use high temperature boiling pressure to preserve foods.

Even many foods can be preserved by alcohol, and we can use some extracts such as mint, vanilla and lemon extracts by applying alcohol or ethanol.