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A milkman adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk. Why does he shift the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline?

 A milkman adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk.
            Why does he shift the pH of the fresh milk from 6 to slightly alkaline?

Grade:12

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student

pH is shifted to alkaline so that milk does not spoil by becoming sour by releasing lactic acid.

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