Question

Why does milk take longer time to set as a curd?

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The milkman adds baking soda tomilk so that the milk becomes slightly alkaline. Thus, milk will not be converted to acidic curd readily (b) This will take a longer time to set tocurd because it is alkaline and takeslonger time for It bacteria to make it acidic.

Answer 2

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Curd is acidic in nature, because an acidic substance has less value of pH. ... Answer: As this milk is slightly more alkaline than other, therefore, acid produced to set into curd will be neutralized by baking soda added by milkman. Hence, this milk takes a longer time to set as curd.