Question

Tim made tomato soup from scratch. When he cleaned up, he noticed that the aluminum pan was damaged. Analyze what happened to the pan. A) Tomato juice is high in pH and reacted poorly with the aluminum. B) Ingredients other than the neutral tomato juice damaged the pan. C) Alkaline tomato juice caused the aluminum pan to rust and stain. D) The acidic tomato juice reacted unfavorably with the aluminum pan

Answer 1

D) The acidic tomato juice reacted unfavorably with the aluminum pan

Answer 2

D) The acidic tomato juice reacted unfavorably with the aluminium pan

Step-by-step explanation:

Tomato is an acidic thing. When Tim made tomato soup from scratch, acidic tomato reacted with the aluminium pan. Due to this reason, some aluminium from pan is went to the food. Therefore, during cleaning up he noticed the damage in pan.

The aluminium which is leached in the food have toxic effects. It can harm human body. So, there is need of special care in cooking acidic foods.