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Adding lemon juice to milk curdles it and changes the taste. Which is the best explanation for this change?
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Adding lemon juice to milk curdles it and changes the taste. Which is the best explanation for this change?

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this is because the citric acid present in the lemon reacts with the milk
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Milk protein becomes denatured due to the acidic pH of the juice, changing the appearance and taste of milk.

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