Question

the ph of a food item appears to be 5.5 the food likely to taste ?? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

sour

Explanation:

since pH is less than 7 so the food is acidic and acid tastes sour

Answer 2

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Before identifying the taste of the food with respect to the taste. Let's have a look on the criteria used in the pH table for the nature of the substance.

• pH < 7 means acidic nature
• pH = 7 means neutral nature
• pH > 7 means basic nature.

Clearly from the data, pH is 5.5 which is less than 7. Hence, the nature of the food item is acidic. Acidic substances mostly the edible ones are generally sour in taste. Thus, the food will likely to taste sour.

For Example - Lemon contains citric acid, Indian gooseberry contains Ascorbic acid, Curd & Yoghurt contains lactic acid. All of them are sour in taste.