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Grade 1210 grade science

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?

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 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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